Effect of removing a dominant competitor, Akodon azarae (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) on community and population parameters of small rodent species in Central Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-178

  Busch, María ^a,b   Bilenca, David N ^a,b   Cittadino, Emilio A ^a   Cueto, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Akodon azarae; Argentina; Interspecific competition; Mus domesticus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RODENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AKODON AZARAE; MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 17644375906     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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