Morphometric identification of small mammal footprints from ink tracking tunnels in the Brazilian Cerrado

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-343

  Palma, Alexandre R T ^a   Gurgel Gonçalves, Rodrigo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Marsupials; Rodents; Shape; Size; Tracks

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34548660555     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752007000200011     Document Type: Article

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