Microhabitat preference of the Cabrera vole in a Mediterranean cork oak woodland of southern Portugal

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Santos, S M ^a   Do Rosario I T ^a   Mathias, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cabrera vole; Cork oak woodland; Logistic regression; Mediterranean; Microhabitat; Microtus Cabrerae

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MICROTUS CABRERAE; MURIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 18144380327     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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