Natural history of the marsupial Thylamys macrurus (Mammalia, Didelphidae) in fragments of savannah in southwestern Brazil

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 29-32, 2007, Pages 1979-1988

  Cáceres, Nilton C ^a   Napoli, Rodrigo P ^b   Lopes, Wellington H ^a   Casella, Janaina ^b   Gazeta, Gilberto S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ectoparasites; Geographic distribution; Mammalia; Population dynamics; Sexual dimorphism; Thylamys macrurus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CERRADO; ECTOPARASITE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; SAVANNA; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THYLAMYS MACRURA;

EID: 35349011697     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701520835     Document Type: Article

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