Corn mice (Calomys musculinus) movement in linear habitats of agricultural ecosystems

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 668-673

  Sommaro, Lucía ^a,b,c   Gomez, Daniela ^a,b,c   Bonatto, Florencia ^a,b,c   Steinmann, Andrea ^a,b,c   Chiappero, Marina ^a,b,c   Priotto, José ^a,b,c  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina agricultural ecosystems; border habitats; corn mice; edges; generalized linear mixed models; movement distances

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BORDER REGION; EDGE EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; LINEARITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARGENTINA;

CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953780171     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-232.1     Document Type: Article

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