Population characteristics of Dromiciops gliroides (Philippi, 1893), an endemic marsupial of the temperate forest of Patagonia

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-76

  Rodríguez Cabal, Mariano A ^a   Amico, Guillermo C ^a   Novaro, Andrés J ^b   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance, Dromiciops gliroides, marsupials, population characteristics, Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; METATHERIA;

EID: 37049029968     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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