Factors driving small rodents assemblages from field boundaries in agricultural landscapes of western France

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 449-461

  Alain, Butet ^a   Gilles, Paillat ^a   Yannick, Delettre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Diversity; Linear habitats; Multivariate analysis; Small rodent community

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RODENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33645978422     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-4118-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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