Scale-dependent habitat selection in three didelphid marsupials using the spool-and-line technique in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Moura, Maíra C ^a   Caparelli, Alice C ^a   Freitas, Simone R ^a   Vieira, Marcus V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis aurita; Metachirus nudicaudatus; Philander frenatus; Scales

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MARSUPIAL; SCALE EFFECT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; MAMMALIA; METACHIRUS NUDICAUDATUS; METATHERIA; PHILANDER;

EID: 20844454592     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002270     Document Type: Article

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