Habitat selection by large mammals in a southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Goulart, Fernando Vilas Boas ^a   Cáceres, Nilton Carlos ^b   Graipel, Maurício Eduardo ^c   Tortato, Marcos Adriano ^d   Ghizoni Jr , Ivo Rohling ^c   Oliveira Santos, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Environmental parameters; Microhabitat; Neotropical mammal community; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MICROHABITAT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGOUTI PACA; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DUSICYON THOUS; EIRA BARBARA; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; MAMMALIA; NASUA NASUA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 64049088392     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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