Species richness and distribution of Neotropical rodents, with conservation implications

Mammalia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Amori, Giovanni ^e   Chiozza, Federica ^a   Patterson, Bruce D ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Schipper, Jan ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^d  

^a Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin' ^*  (Italy)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Big Island Invasive Species Committee   (United States)

^d ENI S P A   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Correlates of distribution; Macro ecology; Rodentia; South America

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; RANGE SIZE; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84878144401     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0050     Document Type: Article

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