Seasonal niche dynamics in coexisting rodents of the Brazilian cerrado

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-15

  Vieira, Marcus V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Community structure; Diet; Interspecific competition; Microhabitat selection; Niche dynamics; Rodents; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BOLOMYS LASIURUS; CLYOMYS BISHOPI; ECHIMYIDAE; ELIURUS; LASIURUS; MURIDAE; OLIGORYZOMYS ELIURUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037398090     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.38.1.7.14034     Document Type: Article

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