Nest and space use in a highland population of the southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 834-840

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a   Taraborelli, Paula ^b   Giannoni, Stella M ^b   Hurtado, María José ^a   León, Cecilia ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Communal nesting; Group living; Home range overlap; Home range size; Microcavia; Nest site; Nest use; Social structure; Southern mountain cavy; Space use

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COLONIAL BREEDING; MAMMAL; MONITORING; NEST SITE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SHRUB; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVIIDAE; MICROCAVIA; MICROCAVIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33750393648     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-407R2.1     Document Type: Article

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