Effects of cereal harvest on abundance and spatial distribution of the rodent Akodon azarae in central Argentina

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Cavia, Regino ^a   Gómez Villafañe, Isabel E ^a,b   Cittadino, E Alejandro ^a   Bilenca, David N ^a,b   Miño, Mariela H ^a,b   Busch, María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Akodon azarae; Cereals; Disturbance; Habitat distribution; Harvest; Movement; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CEREAL; HARVESTING; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AKODON AZARAE;

EID: 15744383711     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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