Species diversity and population dynamics of rodents in a farm-fallow field mosaic system in Central Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-320

  Makundi, Rhodes H ^a   Massawe, Apia W ^a   Mulungu, Loth S ^a   Katakweba, Abdul ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Population dynamics; Rodents; Species diversity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FALLOW; FARM; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RARE SPECIES; RODENT; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAPPING; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

ACOMYS SPINOSISSIMUS; AETHOMYS CHRYSOPHILUS; ARVICANTHIS NEUMANNI; GRAPHIURUS; LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MUS MINUTOIDES; POACEAE; RODENTIA; SACCOSTOMUS MEARNSI;

EID: 77953710556     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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