The interplay of biotic and abiotic factors in a semiarid Chilean mammal assemblage: Results of a long-term experiment

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 364-372

  Meserve, Peter L ^a   Milstead, W Bryan ^a   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^b   Jaksic, Fabian M ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILE; CLIMATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; SCRUB;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABROCOMA BENNETTI; ABROTHRIX LONGIPILIS; AKODON OLIVACEUS; OCTODON DEGUS; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI;

EID: 0033062423     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546502     Document Type: Article

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