Removal of mesquite seeds by small rodents in the Monte desert, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-236

  Campos, C M ^a   Giannoni, S M ^a,b   Taraborelli, P ^a   Borghi, C E ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mammals; Pods; Prosopis flexuosa; South American arid lands

Indexed keywords

CACHING; LEGUME; RODENT; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; NACUNAN RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON MOLINAE; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ELIGMODONTIA TYPUS; GRAOMYS GRISEOFLAVUS; MAMMALIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33845871231     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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