Distribution and relative abundance of giant squirrels and flying squirrels in Karnataka, India

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Kumara, Honnavalli N ^a   Singh, Mewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Deciduous forests; Ghats; India; Petaurista; Petinomys; Rainforests; Ratufa; Rodentia; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

PETAURISTA; PETINOMYS; PETINOMYS FUSCOCAPILLUS; PTEROMYINI; RATUFA; RATUFA INDICA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34247482214     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.006     Document Type: Article

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