Effects of fire, food availability and vegetation on the distribution of the rodent Bolomys lasiurus in an Amazonian savanna

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Layme, Viviane Maria Guedes ^a   Lima, Albertina Pimentel ^a   Magnusson, William Ernest ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Grassland; Habitat; Population; Rat

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SAVANNA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOLOMYS LASIURUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LASIURUS; PASPALUM; RODENTIA; TRACHYPOGON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942542394     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001263     Document Type: Article

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