Granivory in Southern South American Deserts: Conceptual issues and current evidence

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-132

  Marone, Luis ^c   Lopez De Casenave, Javier ^a,c   Cueto, Víctor R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c CCorreo 507 5500 Mendoza A   (Argentina)

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EID: 0033958032     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0123:GISSAD]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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