Ecology of a community of mammals in a seasonally dry forest in Roraima, Brazilian Amazon

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-336

  Mendes Pontes, A R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Density; Mammalian community

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

BRAZIL; RORAIMA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 4444304262     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00151     Document Type: Article

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