Edge effects and landscape matrix use by a small mammal community in fragments of semideciduous submontane forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 703-710

  Santos Filho, M ^a,b   Da Silva, D J ^a,b   Sanaiotti, T M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Forest fragments; Mato Grosso; Matrix of pasture; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 59949089092     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842008000400004     Document Type: Article

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