Breeding seasonality and population dynamics of three rodent species in the Magamba Forest Reserve, Western Usambara Mountains, north-east Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Makundi, Rhodes H ^a   Massawe, Apia W ^a   Mulungu, Loth S ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breeding; Dynamics; Grammomys; Lophuromys; Praomys; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MAGAMBA FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; GRAMMOMYS; GRAMMOMYS DOLICHURUS; LOPHUROMYS; PRAOMYS; PRAOMYS DELECTORUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 33847179864     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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