Small-mammal assemblage response to deforestation and afforestation in central China

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-332

  Raoul, Francis ^a   Pleydell, David ^a   Quéré, Jean Pierre ^b   Vaniscotte, Amélie ^a   Rieffel, Dominique ^a   Takahashi, Kenichi ^c   Bernard, Nadine ^a   Wang, Junli ^d   Dobigny, Taiana ^b   Galbreath, Kurt E ^e   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Disturbance; Forest management; Ochotona; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; NINGXIA HUIZU;

ANIMALIA; CRICETULUS; CRICETULUS LONGICAUDATUS; EOZAPUS SETCHUANUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; RODENTIA; SOREX;

EID: 57149114795     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.045     Document Type: Article

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