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Ecology of two species of echimyid rodents (Hoplomys gymnurus and Proechimys semispinosus) in central Panamá

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2000

Gregory H. Adler ,
David C. Tomblin  and
Thomas D. Lambert
Gregory H. Adler
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA
David C. Tomblin
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Thomas D. Lambert
Affiliation:
Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA
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The family Echimyidae is one of the most widely distributed rodent families in the Neotropics. Virtually every tropical lowland forest contains at least one echimyid species, and many areas contain half a dozen or more species. The commonest terrestrial representatives of the family are within the genus Proechimys, and several species such as Proechimys semispinosus (Central American spiny rat) have been the subject of intensive ecological studies (e.g. Adler 1994, 1996; Adler & Beatty 1997, Alberico & Gonzalez 1993, Fleming 1971, Gliwicz 1984, Gonzalez-M. & Alberico 1993). P. semispinosus is often the most abundant rodent throughout its geographic range in Central America and northwestern South America, and its ecology is now fairly well-known.

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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , September 1998 , pp. 711 - 717
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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