The effect of grazing on granivory patterns in the temperate Monte Desert, Argentina

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-304

  Sassi, Paola L ^a   Taraborelli, Paula A ^a   Borghi, Carlos E ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Desert; Disturbance; Ecological process; Granivory; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; GRANIVORY; GRAZING; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; RODENT; SEED;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; LARREA; PROSOPIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33744972287     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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