Sex and season affect individual-level diet variation in the neotropical marsupial Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-135

  Martins, Eduardo Guimarães ^a   Araújo, Márcio Silva ^a   Bonato, Vinícius ^b   Reis, Sérgio Furtado Dos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciências Biológicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Food niche; Gracile mouse opossum; Intrapopulation variation; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MARSUPIAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX ALLOCATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIDAE; GRACILINANUS MICROTARSUS; MARMOSA; METATHERIA;

EID: 38149139286     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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