Vizcacha's influence on vegetation and soil in a wetland of Argentina

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Arias, Santiago M ^a,b   Quintana, Rubén D ^a   Cagnoni, Marcela ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Burrowing mammals; Disturbance; Paran River delta; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DISTURBANCE; RODENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 22744447181     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58<51:VIOVAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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