A preliminary study of two sympatric maxomys rats in Sarawak, Malaysia: Spacing patterns and population dynamics

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Nakagawa, Michiko ^a,b   Miguchi, Hideo ^c   Sato, Kaori ^d   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a,e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disturbance; General flowering; Home range; Mating system; Observed range length; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

MAXOMYS; MAXOMYS RAJAH; MAXOMYS WHITEHEADI; RATTUS;

EID: 49749108974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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