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Diet and vertical space use of three sympatric opossums in a Brazilian Atlantic forest reserve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Y. L. R. Leite ,
L. P. Costa  and
J. R. Stallings
Y. L. R. Leite
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Institute de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
L. P. Costa
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Institute de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
J. R. Stallings
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Institute de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Keywords

body sizeCaluromys philanderDidelphis auritadietMicoureus demeraraeresource partitioningspace use

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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 435 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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