Community structure and demography of small-mammal populations in insular montane forests in southern India

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Shanker, Kartik ^a   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Community structure; Insular populations; Patch size; Rattus rattus; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MONTANE FOREST;

INDIA, NILGIRIS;

RATTUS RATTUS; SUNCUS MONTANUS;

EID: 0031669097     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050585     Document Type: Article

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