Terrestrial non-volant small mammals in agro-silvicultural landscapes of Southeastern Brazil

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 282; pp. 185 - 195
• Main Authors: Martin, Paula S., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Lopes, Paula C., Rosalino, Luís M., Verdade, Luciano M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.10.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Artificial regeneration. Forest nurseries. Planting; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; carrying capacity; Conservation; conservation areas; Eucalyptus; Eucalyptus plantation; Forest management. Stand types and stand dynamics. Silvicultural treatments. Tending of stands. Natural regeneration; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; land use change; landscapes; Marsupials; pastures; pitfall traps; plantations; Rodentia; Rodents; silvicultural systems; small mammals; Sowing and planting; species diversity; Stand types and stand dynamics. Silvicultural treatments. Tending of stands. Natural regeneration; Synecology; temporal variation; Terrestrial ecosystems; vegetation; South America; Brazil; America; Eucalyptus plantation; Marsupials; Rodents; Conservation; Landscape; Silviculture; Rodentia; Forest ecology; Woody plant; Southeast; Micromammals; Eucalyptus; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Artificial forest stand; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Forestry; Myrtaceae; Spermatophyta

► Thousand six hundred and forty individuals were captured of 14 species: 4 Didelphimorphia and 10 Rodentia. ► Eucalyptus plantations had lower richness and abundance than native vegetation. ► Species composition and relative abundance present a pronounced time variation. ► The assemblage found sugg...