A simple graphical model of small mammal succession after fire in the Brazilian cerrado

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 226-230

  Henriques, Raimundo P B ^a   Briani, Denis C ^b   Palma, Alexandre R T ^a   Vieira, Emerson M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Habitat selection; Marsupials; Model; Rodent; Savanna; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; MODEL VALIDATION; SAVANNA; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAPPING;

BRAZIL; CERRADO; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOLOMYS LASIURUS; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; GRACILINANUS; GRACILINANUS AGILIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS SCOTTI; RODENTIA; THALPOMYS CERRADENSIS; THYLAMYS VELUTINUS;

EID: 34447255414     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.044     Document Type: Article

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