Changes in Monte Desert plant communities induced by a subterranean mammal

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-345

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

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Creosotebush communities; Ctenomys sp.; Diversity; Herbivory; Subterranean mammals; Tuco tuco

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA; MONTE DESERT;

ARISTIDA; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS SP.; DIGITARIA; LARREA; LARREA CUNEIFOLIA; LARREA DIVARICATA; MAMMALIA; PAPPOPHORUM; PAPPOPHORUM CAESPITOSUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034930750     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0724     Document Type: Article

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