Conservation implications of competition between generalist and specialist rodents in Mediterranean afforested landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2513-2523

  Manor, Regev ^a   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys cahirinus; Apodemus mystacinus; Competition; Conservation implications; Density dependent habitat selection; Generalist; Specialist

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; APODEMUS MYSTACINUS; MAMMALIA; MUS SAXICOLA; RODENTIA;

EID: 48549086708     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9397-1     Document Type: Article

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