Diet selection by the fossorial rodent Ctenomys mendocinus inhabiting an environment with low food availability (Mendoza, Argentina)

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Rosi, María I ^a   Cona, Mónica I ^a   Videla, Fernando ^a   Puig, Silvia ^a   Monge, Susana A ^a   Roig, Virgilio G ^a  

^a Laboratory of Animal Ecology   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Ctenomys; Diet selectivity; Fossorial rodents; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS MENDOCINUS; ELYMUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; STIPA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642359224     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.38.3.159.28168     Document Type: Article

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