Exotic deer in southern Latin America: What do we know about impacts on native deer and on ecosystems?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1909-1922

  Flueck, Werner T ^a,b,c  

^a National Council for Scientific Research   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Atlantida Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alien; Argentina; Cervus elaphus; Dietary overlap; Exotic; Habitat impacts; Hippocamelus bisulcus; Interspecific competition; Introduction; Invasion; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIETARY OVERLAP; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

LATIN AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS; LAMA GUANICOE; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77953958524     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9618-x     Document Type: Article

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