Ecological and isotopic discrimination of syntopic rodents in a neotropical rain forest of French Guiana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Mauffrey, Jean François ^a   Catzeflis, François ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bone collagen; Canopy effect; Community; Neotropical rain forest; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FRENCH GUIANA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0037373089     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003237     Document Type: Article

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