Diversity, dynamics and reproduction in a community of small mammals in Upper Guinea, with emphasis on pygmy mice ecology

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 600-614

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Audenaert, Leen ^b   Barrière, Patrick ^c   Verheyen, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Habitat; Reproduction; Rodents; Season; Shrews; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CULTIVATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRAPPING;

GUINEA;

EID: 77955824139     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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