Effects of urban habitat fragmentation on common small mammals: Species versus communities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3577-3590

  Gomes, Verónica ^a,b   Ribeiro, Raquel ^a,c   Carretero, Miguel A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community patterns; Habitat fragmentation; Small mammals; Species specific; Urban landscapes

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS SPRETUS;

EID: 81555198377     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0149-2     Document Type: Article

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