Plants, small mammals, and the hierarchical landscape classifications of Patagonia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 285-306

  Monjeau, J Adrian ^a,b   Birney, Elmer C ^a   Ghermandi, Luciana ^b   Sikes, Robert S ^a   Margutti, Laura ^b   Phillips, Carleton J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Floristic composition; Hierarchical landscape classifications; Patagonia; Plants; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; PLANT COMMUNITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031853843     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008012613305     Document Type: Article

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