Seed predation by birds and small mammals in semiarid Chile

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-141

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b   Forister, Matthew L ^a   Nabors, L Karina ^a   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; MAMMAL; SEED PREDATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0942289694     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12714.x     Document Type: Article

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