Large temporal and spatial scales in the structure of mammalian assemblages in South America: A macroecological approach

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-309

  Marquet, Pablo A ^a   Cofré, Hernán ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033056548     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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