Hyper abundant mesopredators and bird extinction in an Atlantic forest island

Zoologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-298

  Galetti, Mauro ^a   Bovendorp, Ricardo S ^a   Fadini, Rodrigo F ^a,b   Gussoni, Carlos O A ^a   Rodrigues, Marcos ^c   Alvarez, Ariane D ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^d   Alves, Kaiser ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callithrix; Exotic species; Line transect; Mesopredator release; Null models

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALLITHRIX; CALLITRICHIDAE; DASYPROCTA; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; NASUA;

EID: 79954595384     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702009000200011     Document Type: Article

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