Population dynamics of akodon montensis and oligoryzomys nigripes in an araucaria forest of Southern Brazil

Mammalia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Galiano, Daniel ^a   Kubiak, Bruno Busnelo ^a   Marinho, Jorge Reppold ^b   De Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Density; Extrinsic factors; Population ecology; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO;

ARAUCARIA; BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL];

AKODON MONTENSIS; ARAUCARIA; MAMMALIA; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879048503     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2011-0128     Document Type: Article

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