Patterns of habitat utilization of small rodents in an area of Araucaria forest in Southern Brazil

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-362

  Dalmagro, Anabel D ^a   Vieira, Emerson M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Brazil; Habitat utilization; Rodents; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AKODON MONTENSIS; ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; DELOMYS DORSALIS; MAMMALIA; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; RODENTIA;

EID: 21444453924     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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