Species diversity and abundance of small mammals in relation to forest productivity in Northeast Poland

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-119

  Niedziałlkowska, Magdalena ^a   Koczak, Julia ^a,b   Czarnomska, Sylwia ^a   Jdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Doinant species; Insectivores; Productivity diversity relationship; Rodents; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; INSECTIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODLAND;

POLAND;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 77951021860     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-1-3310     Document Type: Article

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