Communal nesting, activity patterns, and population characteristics in the near-threatened monito del monte, Dromiciops gliroides

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 994-1004

  Franco, Marcela ^a   Quijano, Andrea ^b   Soto Gamboa, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

activity patterns; communal nesting; Dromiciops gliroides; living fossil; relict mammal; South American marsupials; temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; COLONIAL BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; KIN SELECTION; MARSUPIAL; NEST BOX; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 80054770339     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-256.1     Document Type: Article

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