Changes in rodent communities according to the landscape structure in an urban ecosystem

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Cavia, Regino ^a,b   Cueto, Gerardo Rubén ^a   Suárez, Olga Virginia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community composition; Environmental gradient; Landcover; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; MAMMALS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; NATURAL RESERVES; RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PEST CONTROL; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; DELTAMYS KEMPI; MUS MUSCULUS; OLIGORYZOMYS FLAVESCENS; ORYZOMYS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 59349088581     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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