Herbivory by tuco-tucos (Ctenomys mendocinus) on shrubs in the upper limit of the Monte desert (Argentina)

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Tort, Jorge ^a   Campos, Claudia M ^a   Borghi, Carlos E ^a  

^a Grupo de Invest de la B   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Herbivory; Mammals; Monte desert

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; SHRUBLAND;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS MENDOCINUS; JUNELLIA SERIPHIOIDES; LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; LYCIUM; LYCIUM CHILENSIS; MAMMALIA; MENODORA; MENODORA DECEMFIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 3843103446     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.002     Document Type: Article

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