Variation in small mammal species richness by trap height and trap type in southeastern Amazonia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 982-990

  Lambert, Thomas D ^a,c   Malcolm, Jay R ^a   Zimmerman, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Brazil Program   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Canopy trapping; Marsupials; Rodents; Small mammals; Xing Basin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 27244452107     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[982:VISMSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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