Dietary value of fruits and seeds to spiny pocket mice (Liomys pictus) in a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-71

  Briones, Miguel ^a,b   Sánchez Cordero, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumption; Frugivory; Granivory; Liomys pictus; Mexico; Nutritional value; Spiny pocket mouse; Toxic compounds; Tropical deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ACOMYS; CHAETODIPUS SPINATUS; LIOMYS PICTUS; SPINY; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033177979     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.34.2.65.2101     Document Type: Article

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