Mechanisms for the keystone status of kangaroo rats: Graminivory rather than granivory?

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 422-428

  Kerley, Graham I H ^a   Whitford, Walter G ^b   Kay, Fenton R ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Dipodomys; Graminivory; Grass populations; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

DESERT GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND; KANGAROO RAT; ORD'S KANGAROO RAT;

ASTERACEAE; DIPIDOMYS MERRIAMI; DIPODOMYS ORDII; MUHLENBERGIA PORTERI; POACEAE;

EID: 0030835503     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050254     Document Type: Article

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