Food habits and seed dispersal by the white-eared opossum, Didelphis albiventris, in southern Brazil

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Cáceres, Nilton C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Juvenile diet; Mammalia; Pioneer plants; Prey diversity; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036691582     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.37.2.97.8582     Document Type: Article

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