Spatiotemporal variability of rodent subpopulations at a semiarid Neotropical locality

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 505-513

  Torres Contreras, Hugo ^a   Sllva Aránguiz, Enrique ^a   Marquet, Pablo A ^a   Camus, Patricio A ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Cricetidae; Phyllotis darwini; Rodentia; Semiarid habitat; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031544243     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382901     Document Type: Article

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