Diversity and distribution of small terrestrial rodents along a disturbance gradient in montane Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-338

  Van Den Bergh, M B ^a   Kappelle, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Nacional de la Biodiversidad INBIO   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Disturbance; Montane cloud forest; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345763488     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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