Utilization of food resources by small and medium-sized mammals in the Monte Desert biome, Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-149

  Campos, G ^a   Ojeda, R ^a   Monge, S ^a   Dacar, M ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet; Food resource; Herbivory; Mammals; Monte desert; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346872327     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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