Diversity and distribution of smaU terrestrial rodents along a disturbance gradient in montane Costa Rica
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 highe...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19533 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19533 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Costa Rica disturbance montane cloud forest rodents |
| Summary: | 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 |
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