Diversity and dynamics in a community of small mammals in coastal Guinea, West Africa

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Lecompte, Emilie ^b   Veyrunes, Frederic ^c   Barrière, Patrick ^d   Nicolas, Violaine ^e   Koulémou, Kékoura ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d AICA CREG ^*  (New Caledonia)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier Donka   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Lassa virus; Lophuromys sikapusi; Mastomys erythroleucus; Mus (Nannomys) spp.; Praomys rostratus; Reproduction; Season

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

GUINEA;

ARENAVIRUS; BAIOMYS; LASSA VIRUS; LOPHUROMYS SIKAPUSI; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; MUS; PRAOMYS ROSTRATUS;

EID: 77950841873     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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