Growth and home range size of the gracile mouse opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in Brazilian cerrado

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Fernandes, Fernanda Rodrigues ^a   Cruz, Leonardo Dominici ^b   Martins, Eduardo Guimares ^a,c   Dos Reis, Sérgio Furtado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cerrado; Growth; Home range; Marsupial; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CERRADO; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SAVANNA; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BRAZIL;

DIDELPHIDAE; GRACILINANUS MICROTARSUS; MARMOSA; METATHERIA;

EID: 77952508097     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990526     Document Type: Article

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