Habitat associations of small mammals in southern Brazil and use of regurgitated pellets of birds of prey for inventorying a local fauna

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-625

  Scheibler, D R ^a   Christoff, A U ^b,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Elanus leucurus; Inventory; Richness; Small mammals; Southern Brazil; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; MARSUPIAL; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; MARSUPIALIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AKODON PARANAENSIS; AVES; BOLOMYS LASIURUS; CALOMYS SP.; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; ELANUS LEUCURUS; EURYZYGOMATOMYS SPINOSUS; GRACILINANUS AGILIS; HOLOCHILUS BRASILIENSIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DIMIDIATA; MUS MUSCULUS; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS ANGOUYA; OXYMYCTERUS; RAPTORES; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41549122451     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842007000400005     Document Type: Article

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