Diversity and distribution of smaU terrestrial rodents along a disturbance gradient in montane Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Van den Bergh, M B, Kappelle, M
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:1998
Descripción:A total of 389 rodent captures in five unequally disturbed habitats in a Costa Rican montane cloud forest corresponded to 185 individuals (seven species, two faroilies). Species richness was similar for al l habitats, averaging 4-5 species/habitat. Population density and capture frequency were higher i n moderately disturbed habitats; Peromyscus mexicanus and Scotinomys xerampelinus were four to five times more cornmon than other murids. These species represented 79.4 % of all captures and 73.5 % of all captured individuals. Heteromyid species were rarely trapped. The importance of disturbance-mediated within-habitat microenvironmental heterogeneity fOI terrestrial small-sized rodent populations is stressed
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19533
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19533
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Costa Rica
disturbance
montane cloud forest
rodents