Seed supply as a limiting factor for granivorous bird assemblages in the Monte Desert, Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 413-422

  Blendinger, Pedro G ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Food limitation; Granivory; Neotropical birds; Northern Monte Desert; Seed eating birds; Winter limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844277523     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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