Abundance and diversity of small-bird assemblages in the Monte desert, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-587

  Blendinger, P G ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bird assemblage structure; Body mass; Breeding timing; Granivores; Insectivores; Monte desert; South America

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 13844271165     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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