host-ectoparasite specificity in a small mammal community in an area of atlantic rain forest (ilha grande, state of rio de janeiro), southeastern brazil. | the analyses of the ectoparasite species associated with a small mammal community on ilha grande, a coastal island in southern of the state of rio de janeiro, brazil, evaluated the level of host-ectoparasite specificity. was used the jaccard index for qualitative data to analyse the similarity. the lowest value of similarity occurred between proechimys iheringi and marmosops incanus and between sciurus aestuans and nectomys squamipes (cj=0.08) and the highest between p. iheringi and oxymycterus ... | 2003 | 14595458 |
small mammal populations of an agroecosystem in the atlantic forest domain, southeastern brazil. | this study reports 2 years of the population dynamics and reproduction of a small mammal community using the removal method. the study was conducted in a rural area of the atlantic forest, in sumidouro, rio de janeiro state, brazil. the population sizes, age structure and reproduction were studied for the four most common species in the study area. the overall diversity was 1.67 and ranged between 0.8 to 1.67. the species richness was 13 considering the whole study. the most abundant species wer ... | 2007 | 17505767 |