Habitat patch size modulates terrestrial mammal activity patterns in Amazonian forest fragments

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-560

  Norris, Darren ^a,b,c   Michalski, Fernanda ^a,b,c   Peres, Carlos A ^a,b,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; anthropogenic change; behavior; Dasyprocta leporina; Dasypus novemcinctus; Didelphis marsupialis; diel activity; habitat loss; terrestrial mammal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIEL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PATCH SIZE; PHOTOGRAPH; RAINFOREST; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953792088     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-199.1     Document Type: Article

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