Small mammal communities of tropical forest habitats in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Venkataraman, Meena ^a   Shanker, Kartik ^a   Sukumar, Raman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Community structure; India; Mudumalai; Small mammals; Tamilnadu; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CREMNOMYS BLANFORDI; MAMMALIA; MUS PLATYTHRIX; PLATACANTHOMYS LASIURUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SUNCUS MONTANUS; TATERA INDICA;

EID: 30744448651     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.028     Document Type: Article

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