Assessing mammal responses to perturbations in temperate aridlands of Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 715-726

  Tabeni, S ^a,b   Ojeda, R A ^a,b  

^a Biodiversity Research Group (GiB)   (Argentina)

^b Institute for Aridlands Research   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fire; Grazing; Perturbation; Response; Small and medium sized mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID REGION; FIRE; GRAZING; MAMMAL; PERTURBATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141613625     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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