Living on the edge: Roads and edge effects on small mammal populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-865

  Fuentes Montemayor, Elisa ^a,b   Cuarón, Alfredo D ^b,c   Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^d   Valenzuela Galván, David ^e   Andresen, Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SACBÉ Servicios Ambientales   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Habitat disturbance; Island; Linear landscape features; Muridae; Social effects

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEX RATIO; TRANSPORTATION;

COZUMEL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS COUESI; REITHRODONTOMYS SPECTABILIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 66749125889     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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