Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-408

  Decher, Jan ^a,c   Bahian, Luri Kanton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Game and Wildlife ^*  (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Ghana; Neem tree; Rodents; Shrews; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA;

CROCIDURA BUETTIKOFERI; CROCIDURA LAMOTTEI; GMELINA; HYLOMYSCUS ALLENI; LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; MUS MINUTOIDES; PRAOMYS TULLBERGI; URANOMYS RUDDI;

EID: 0032963593     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999003118     Document Type: Article

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