Niche partitioning and coexistence between two mammalian herbivores in the Dry Chaco of Argentina

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-616

  Chillo, Verónica ^a   Rodríguez, Daniela ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dolichotis patagonum; Dry Chaco; Niche overlap; Pediolagus salinicola; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; NICHE PARTITIONING; SYMPATRY;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

CAVIIDAE; DOLICHOTIS PATAGONUM; DOLICHOTIS SALINICOLA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 78649782700     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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