The small mammals of Amazonian forest fragments : pattern and process /

Abstract

Estudou a comunidd de pqnos mam¡feros em floresta cont¡nua e em fragmentos de 10 e 1 ha. Total number of inds. (mean abundance/trapline): CF-1.9; 10 ha-4.1; 1 ha-10.1. Spp richness: total 19 spp of small mammals (CF: 16 spp; 10 ha: 19 spp; 1 ha: 17 spp). Average biomass did not differ between 1 & 10 ha fragments, but abundance in both sizes of fragments was significantly > than in continuous forest