Ranging and nesting behavior of the ricefield rat Rattus argentiventer (Rodentia: Muridae) in West Java, Indonesia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1228-1236

  Tristiani, Harsiwi ^a   Murakami, Okimasa ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Habitat use; Home range; Minimum convex polygon; Movement; Nest; Radiotracking; Rattus argentiventer; Ricefield rat

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST JAVA;

MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344704281     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEM-024     Document Type: Article

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