Rodent diversity in a highly degraded tropical landscape: Hong Kong, South China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4521-4532

  Chung, Kylie P S ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Callosciurus; Extinctions; Fragmentation; Mus; Niviventer; Rattus

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

BANDICOTA INDICA; BRACHYURA; CALLOSCIURUS; CALLOSCIURUS ERYTHRAEUS; HYSTRICIDAE; HYSTRIX BRACHYURUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS CAROLI; MUS MUSCULUS; NIVIVENTER; NIVIVENTER FULVESCENS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS SIKKIMENSIS; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 33845750963     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5102-9     Document Type: Article

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