Does land use affect perceptual range? Evidence from two marsupials of the Atlantic Forest

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Prevedello, J A ^a   Forero Medina, G ^b   Vieira, M V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dispersal; Functional connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Matrix type; Search behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PASTURE; TRACKING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; METATHERIA; PHILANDER;

EID: 79955151681     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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