caa a22 4500 386380996 CHVBK 20180307112041.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0266467400003217 doi S0266467400003217 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0266467400003217 Iyawe John Giobaguan Department of Zoology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria The ecology of small mammals in Ogba Forest Reserve, Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [John Giobaguan Iyawe] A total of 392 small mammals belonging to five species of small rodents and four species of shrews were caught. The small mammals and their percentage composition were Crocidura nigeriae (20.9%), Crocidura grandiceps (11.7%), Crocidura crossei (9.7%), Crocidura flavescens manni (20.4%), Mus musculoides (39.0%), Praomys tullbergi (11.5%), Lophuromys sikapusi (3.6%), Lemniscomys striatus (1.3%), and Arvicanthis niloticus (0.3%). There were monthly variations in the number of Mus musculoides and Crocidura nigeriae. In Mus musculoides breeding was at a maximum at the beginning and towards the end of the wet season and early dry season. In Crocidura nigeriae breeding was maximal during the wet season and low in the dry season. The seasonal changes in the age structure of the two most common species: Mus musculoides and Crocidura nigeriae, are described. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 lowland rain forest nationallicence Nigeria nationallicence rodents nationallicence shrews nationallicence Journal of Tropical Ecology Cambridge University Press 5/1(1989-02), 51-64 0266-4674 5:1<51 1989 5 TRO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400003217 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400003217 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Iyawe John Giobaguan Department of Zoology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Tropical Ecology Cambridge University Press 5/1(1989-02), 51-64 0266-4674 5:1<51 1989 5 TRO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge