Amazonian small mammal abundances in relation to habitat structure and resource abundance

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 766-776

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Brazil Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Habitat use; Marsupials; Resource abundance; Rodents; Small mammals; Xing basin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOGISTICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748441901     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-261R1.1     Document Type: Article

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