Impacts of ungulates on the demography and diversity of small mammals in central Kenya

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-389

  Keesing, Felicia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Saccostomus mearnsi; Savanna; Small mammals; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNGULATE;

AFRICA;

ACOMYS; AETHOMYS; ARVICANTHIS; CROCIDURA; DENDROMUS; EQUUS BURCHELLI; EQUUS GREVYI; GAZELLA GRANTI; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MASTOMYS; MUS; SACCOSTOMUS MEARNSI; SYNCERUS CAFER; TATERA; TAUROTRAGUS ORYX;

EID: 0031667309     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050601     Document Type: Article

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