Movement and ranging patterns of a tropical rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) in logged and unlogged rain forests

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 712-720

  Wells, Konstans ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Lakim, Maklarin B ^c   Pfeiffer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Sabah Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Foraging; Forest structure; Home range; Logging; Movement trajectories; Muridae; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; RODENT; TRACKING;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; LEOPOLDAMYS; LEOPOLDAMYS SABANUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 45249094746     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-074R2.1     Document Type: Article

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