Synchrony in small mammal populations of montane forest patches in southern India

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-59

  Shanker, Kartik ^a   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Demographic trends; Montane forests; Rattus rattus; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SYNCHRONY;

INDIA;

RATTUS RATTUS; SUNCUS MONTANUS;

EID: 0032920066     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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