Effects of small mammals and vertebrate predators on vegetation in the Chilean semiarid zone

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 398-406

  Gutierrez J R ^a   Meserve, P L ^b   Herrera, S ^a   Contreras, L C ^c   Jaksic, F M ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CONAMA ^*  (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean semiarid zone; Ephemeral plants; Herbivory; Predation; Tritrophic effects

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; SEED BANK; SEMI-ARID VEGETATION; SMALL MAMMAL; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHILE;

OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0030617427     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050099     Document Type: Article

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