Effects of more frequent and prolonged El Niño events on life-history parameters of the degu, a long-lived and slow-reproducing rodent: Special section

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-28

  Previtali, M Andrea ^a,d   Meserve, Peter L ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^b   Milstead, W Bryan ^a   Gutierrez, Julio R ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Global warming; Life history; Octodon degus; Rainfall variation; Reproduction; Semiarid; Survival; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FECUNDITY; GLOBAL WARMING; JUVENILE; LA NINA; LIFE HISTORY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; CHILE; CLIMATE; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA;

CHILE;

MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 74549121451     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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