Seasonal variations in population and community structure of small rodents in a tropical forest of Gabon

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1034-1046

  Nicolas, Violaine ^a   Colyn, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

GABON;

HEIMYSCUS FUMOSUS; HYBOMYS UNIVITTATUS; HYLOMYSCUS STELLA; INSECTA; MURIDAE; PRAOMYS MISONNEI; RODENTIA; STELLA;

EID: 0042193300     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-092     Document Type: Article

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