Patterns of specific diversity and population size in small mammals from arboreal and ground-dwelling guilds of a forest area in southern Nigeria

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

^b Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community patterns; Insectivora; Nigeria; Rodentia; Tropical forest habitat

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

AETHOMYS; AETHOMYS SP.; ANIMALIA; ANOMALURUS; ANOMALURUS DERBIANUS; CROCIDURA; GRAMMOMYS; GRAMMOMYS RUTILANS; GRAMMOMYS SP.; GRAPHIURUS; GRAPHIURUS MURINUS; HYLOMYSCUS; HYLOMYSCUS STELLA; INSECTIVORA; LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS; MALACOMYS; MALACOMYS EDWARDSI; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULOIDES; MYLOMYS DYBOWSKII; PRAOMYS TULLBERGI; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; STELLA; XERUS ERYTHROPUS;

EID: 12244297398     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005977     Document Type: Article

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