Long-term research in Bosque Fray Jorge National Park: Twenty years studying the role of biotic and abiotic factors in a Chilean semiarid

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-98

  Gutiérrez, Julio R ^a,b   Meserve, Peter L ^c   Kelt, Douglas A ^d   Engilis Jr , Andrew ^d   Andrea Previtali, M ^c   Milstead, W Bryan ^c,e   Jaksic, Fabian M ^f  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Ecologiá y Biodiversidad   (Chile)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Birds; Chilean desert; Ephemeral plants; LTER; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955623217     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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