Impact of habitat disturbance on the distribution of endemic species of small mammals and birds in a tropical rain forest in Sri Lanka

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 661-668

  Wijesinghe, Mayuri R ^a   Brooke, M D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance gradient; Rodents; shrews; Sinharaja; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SMALL MAMMAL; TOLERANCE; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

AVES; BANDICOTA INDICA; CROCIDURA; FEROCULUS FEROCULUS; FUNAMBULUS LAYARDI; MAMMALIA; MUS MAYORI; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SRILANKAMYS OHIENSIS; SUNCUS;

EID: 26944432337     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002695     Document Type: Review

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