Role of diet selection in the use of habitat by pampas cavies Cavia aperea pamparum (mammalia, rodentia)

Mammalia

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-35

  Guichon M L ^a   Cassini, M H ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FIELD MARGIN; HABITAT USE; PAMPAS CAVY; ROADSIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAVIA APEREA; CAVIA APEREA PAMPARUM; LOLIUM;

EID: 0031803728     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1998.62.1.23     Document Type: Article

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