Ecological predictors of range areas and use of burrow systems in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Hayes, Loren D ^a   Chesh, Adrian S ^a   Ebensperger, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BURROW; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SPACE USE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; RINCONADA DE MAIPU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846900500     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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