Seasonal microhabitat selection by terrestrial rodents in an Old-growth atlantic forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-415

  Naxara, Laura ^a   Pinotti, Bruno T ^a   Pardini, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brucepattersonius soricinus; Coexistence; Competition; Delomys sublineatus; Euryoryzomys russatus; Resource partition; Seasonality; Spatial distribution; Spatial segregation; Thaptomys nigrita

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LITTER; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON NIGRITA; ARTHROPODA; BRUCEPATTERSONIUS SORICINUS; DELOMYS SUBLINEATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 65949120709     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-100.1     Document Type: Article

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