Assessment of habitat quality for four small mammal species of the Monte Desert, Argentina

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Valeria Corbalan ^a   Tabeni, Solana ^a   Ojeda, R A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

aridlands; demography; habitat quality; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON MOLINAE; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ELIGMODONTIA TYPUS; GRAOMYS GRISEOFLAVUS; LARREA; MAMMALIA; PROSOPIS;

EID: 33745482416     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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