Mammals in South American drylands: Faunal similarity and trophic structure

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-123

  Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a   Blendinger, Pedro G ^a   Brandl, Roland ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison across continents; Comparison of biomes; Environmental heterogeneity; Faunal distinctiveness; Herbivory; Macroecology; Small mammals; South American drylands; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033915246     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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