Terrestrial small mammal richness and habitat associations in an Amazon Forest - Cerrado contact zone

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 171-181

  Thomas Jr , E Lacher ^a   Alho, Cleber J R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Cerrado; Community ecology; Ecotone; Fragmentation; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; CONTACT ZONE; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON; BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034986440     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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