A long-term study of vertebrate predator responses to an El Nino (ENSO) disturbance in western South America

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 341-354

  Jaksic, Fabian M ^a   Silva, Sergio I ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; EL NINO; HERBIVORE; IRRUPTION; PREDATOR; SEED BANK;

CHILE;

EID: 0030620808     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546302     Document Type: Article

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