Habitat use by small mammals in the arid Andean foothills of the Monte Desert of Mendoza, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-357

  Gonnet, Jorge Marcelo ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a Inst Argentine Invest Zonas Aridas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid Andean foothills; Community structure; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat use; Monte Desert; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA PROVINCE; MONTE DESERT;

CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; GRAOMYS GRISEOFLAVUS;

EID: 0032033790     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0348     Document Type: Article

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