Effects of introduced Rattus rattus on endemic small mammals in dry deciduous forest fragments of western Madagascar

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PRIMATE; RODENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ELIURUS; LEMUR; MACROTARSOMYS BASTARDI; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 14044256655     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003196     Document Type: Article

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