The role of competition and habitat in structuring small mammal communities in a tropical montane ecosystem in southern India

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-24

  Shanker, Kartik ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Habitat segregation; Habitat selection; Interspecific; Intraspecific competition; Montane forest; Plantation; Spatial interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL;

INDIA;

EID: 0035138805     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901000024     Document Type: Article

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