Mammals in a fragmented savannah landscape in south-western Brazil

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 491-512

  Cáceres, Nilton C ^a   Nápoli, Rodrigo P ^b   Casella, Janaina ^c   Hannibal, Wellington ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b Bioconsult Associados Ltda   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Rua Pedro Pace   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cerrado; Community structure; Conservation; Fragmentation; Isolation; Matrix; Nestedness subsets; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CERRADO; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; NESTEDNESS; PITFALL TRAP; SAVANNA; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77949336946     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903477768     Document Type: Article

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