@article{fdi:010053868,
  title = {{G}uinean biodiversity at the edge : rodents in forest patches of southern {M}ali},
  author = {{G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {D}uplantier, {J}ean-{M}arc},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}outhern {M}ali mainly belongs to the {S}udanian savanna bioclimatic zone, but forest patches showing botanical affinities with {G}uinean humid forest remain as gallery forests or ravine forests. {T}o characterize the rodent diversity of this area and check for the presence of some species of {G}uinean affinities in this group, rodent assemblages were sampled in four regions of southern {M}ali, using trapping and observational data in forest and surrounding habitats. {T}wenty-four species were recorded, comprising a representative sample of the expected overall diversity in this group according to rarefaction curves. {P}raomys rostratus was the dominant species in the most humid, closed lowland forest. {P}raomys daltoni was also present in this habitat type, being all the more abundant as habitat degradation was apparent. {I}t became the dominant species in ravine forest on rocky substrate where {P}. rostratus was completely absent. {I}n {S}udanian savanna habitats and in herbaceous and cultivated areas, {M}astomys erythroleucus dominated a diverse rodent community. {A} few species were found that testified for {G}uinean affinities of the most humid forest patches, especially in the extreme southeast of the country (region of {S}ikasso). {R}odent assemblages of the {B}afing and {M}ts {M}andingues areas, in the western part of the study area, showed the highest similarity, in relation with environmental characteristics of this region representing an extension of the {F}outa {D}jallon plateau in {G}uinea. {T}he results obtained highlight the high biodiversity value of this forest-savanna mosaic, and provide new arguments in favour of the preservation of {W}est {A}frican forest patches and their surrounding habitats.},
  keywords = {{R}odents ; {F}orest patches ; {S}udanian bioclimatic zone ; {M}ali ; {W}est {A}frica},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}ammalian {B}iology},
  volume = {76},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {583--591},
  ISSN = {1616-5047},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.mambio.2011.06.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053868},
}