Dynamic Edge Effects in Small Mammal Communities across a Conservation-Agricultural Interface in Swaziland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hurst, Zachary M ^a   McCleery, Robert A ^b   Collier, Bret A ^a   Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^b   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Taylor, Peter J ^c   Monadjem, Ara ^d,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LEMNISCOMYS ROSALIA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUS MINUTOIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAZILAND; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84883645907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074520     Document Type: Article

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