A long term study of small mammal populations in a Brazilian agricultural landscape

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-477

  Bonecker, Simone T ^a   Portugal, Luciana G ^a   Costa Neto, Sócrates F ^a   Gentile, Rosana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marsupials; Monitoring; Rodents; Wild reservoirs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PEST; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; MARSUPIAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; SUMIDOURO;

AKODON CURSOR; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; PHILANDER; RODENTIA;

EID: 72149101872     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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