Effect of herbivorous rodents (cavies and tuco-tucos) on a shrub community in the Monte Desert, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-37

  Borruel, Natalia ^a   Campos, Claudia M ^a   Giannoni, Stella M ^a   Borghi, Carlos E ^a  

^a Grupo de Invest de la B   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Creosotebush; Herbivory; Mammals; Monte Desert

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA; MONTE DESERT;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX LAMPA; CAVIIDAE; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS EREMOPHILUS; LARREA; LARREA CUNEIFOLIA; LYCIUM; MAMMALIA; MICROCAVIA AUSTRALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032077885     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0378     Document Type: Article

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