Factors affecting the use of space by two rodent species in Brazilian Atlantic forest

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 121-132

  Bergallo, Helena Godoy ^a   Magnusson, William E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brasil; Ecology; Forest; Home range; Rodents; Space

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; RODENT; SPACE USE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NECTOMYS; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS RUSSATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 7644231937     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.013     Document Type: Article

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