Intra- and interspecific variation in home-range size in sympatric tuco-tucos, Ctenomys australis and C. talarum

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1425-1434

  Cutrera, A P ^a   Mora, M S ^a   Antenucci, C D ^a   Vassallo, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

area used daily; body size; mating system; radiotelemetry; resource availability; subterranean rodents; total home range

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SYMPATRY; TERRITORY;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS AUSTRALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650433255     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-057.1     Document Type: Article

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