Linking small desert mammal distribution to habitat structure in a protected and grazed landscape of the Monte, Argentina

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-269

  Tabeni, Solana ^a   Mastrantonio, Leandro ^b   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grazing; Logistic model; Scales; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DESERT; GRAZING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247484454     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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