COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIVERSE DIDELPHID COMMUNITY (MAMMALIA: DIDELPHIMORPHIA) IN SUB-TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have reported didelphid communities of ≥10 species, and all of these have been from within the tropics sensu stricto of South America. Herein a community of 12 species of didelphids is described from a sub-tropical site in south-central South America. The Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, in northeastern Paraguay, lies at the western margin of the Interior Atlantic Forest and the southwestern limit of the Cerrado, two important South American ecoregions. The rich didelphid community in this area likely results from the mosaic of habitats encountered at the distributional limits of these two ecoregions. Within the context of this mosaic, the species' habitat associations and vertical occupancy are discussed, as well as the reproductive patterns and population abundanc

SUBMITTER: Owen RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476370 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature