Title:

Population demography of Oxymycterus rufus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) inhabiting a patchy environment of the delta of the Parana River, Argentina

Creator:

Cueto, V. R. ; Piantanida, M. J. ; Cagnoni, M.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1995

Description:

Authors employed a live-trapping grid encompassing several discrete vegetation patches to analyze spatial differences in the demographic structure of an Oxymycterus rufus (Fischer, 1814) population living on the delta of the Paraná River, Argentina. Abundance, residence and reproduction of booth females and males have been associated with microhabitats where food (measured through the availability of arthropods) was more abundant, and were not associated with the plant cover of those microhabitats. Results emphasize the importance of food availability in the spatial distribution of resident and reproductive individuals, and hence in the survival and breeding success of their populations in the Paraná delta area.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Argentina ; demographic structure ; patchy environment ; habitat selection ; Oxymycterus rufus ; Rodentia ; Argentyna ; wybiórczość środowiskowa ; struktura demograficzna

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

40

Issue:

2

Start page:

123

End page:

130

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.95-13

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open