Changes in a Sudano-Sahelian rodent community after slash-and-burn farming (Gonsé Forest, Burkina Faso)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-387

  Papillon, Y ^a   Godron, M ^b   Delattre, P ^c  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

^b La Graineterie ^*  (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Competition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DRY SEASON; RECOLONIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; MUS; RODENTIA; TATERA GUINEAE; TATERILLUS GRACILIS;

EID: 33748136951     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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