Territoriality in females of the slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Leiner, Natlia Oliveira ^a,b   Silva, Wesley Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Home range; Marsupials; Mating systems; Spatial patterns; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; INFANTICIDE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARSUPIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; MARMOSOPS; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 74049129297     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990228     Document Type: Article

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