Long-term variation in small mammal abundance in forest and savanna of Bolivian Cerrado

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-502

  Emmons, Louise H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dew; Fire; Population variation; Rodent declines; Smoke; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEW; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; SAVANNA; SMOKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOLIVIA; NOEL KEMPFF MERCADO NATIONAL PARK; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 67651222453     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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