Effects of forest fragmentation on two sister genera of Amazonian rodents (Myoprocta acouchy and Dasyprocta leporina)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 617-623

  Jorge, Maria Luisa S P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Body size; Dasyproctidae; Extinction risk; Mammals; Neotropics; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BODY SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; RODENT;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGOUTI; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; DASYPROCTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYOPROCTA; MYOPROCTA ACOUCHY; RODENTIA;

EID: 40149101525     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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