Post-fire succession of small mammals in the Cerrado of central Brazil

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1023-1037

  Briani, Denis C ^a   Palma, Alexandre R T ^b   Vieira, Emerson M ^c   Henriques, Raimundo P B ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Fire; Marsupials; Rodents; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIRE; SMALL MAMMAL; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOLOMYS LASIURUS; CALOMYS; CALOMYS TENER; GRACILINANUS; GRACILINANUS AGILIS; LASIURUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS SUBFLAVUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1442314214     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000014467.27138.0b     Document Type: Article

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