The role of habitat patches on mammalian diversity in cork oak agroforestry systems

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-512

  Rosalino, Luis M ^a   Rosário, João do ^a   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Mediterranean landscape; Montado; Olive yards; Orchards; Riparian vegetation; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FRUIT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; PATCHINESS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 67349083252     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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