The effects of forest fragmentation and isolation on insectivorous small mammals (Lipotyphla) on the Central High Plateau of Madagascar

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Rakotondravony, Daniel ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Forest isolation; Lipotyphla; Madagascar; Species richness

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; MONTANE FOREST; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MADAGASCAR;

LIPOTYPHLA; SORICIDAE; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 0034143523     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900002041     Document Type: Article

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