Invader species in Argentina: A review about the beaver (Castor canadensis) population situation on Tierra del Fuego ecosystem

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 352-356+403

  Lizarralde, Marta ^a   Escobar, Julio Martín ^b   Deferrari, Guillermo ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Ushuaia High School   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Colonization; Ecosystem; Invader; Tierra del Fuego

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOMES; DENITRIFICATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; VEGETATION;

ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; STREAM CHANNELS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 4043173392     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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