Rodent selection by Geoffroy's cats in a semi-arid scrubland of central Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1024-1028

  Bisceglia, S B C ^a,d   Pereira, J A ^b,d   Teta, P ^c   Quintana, R D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Asociacion para la Conservacion y el Estudio de la Naturaleza Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Conicet ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Leopardus geoffroyi; Monte desert; Prey selection; Prey vulnerability; Small rodents

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FELID; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; RODENT; SCRUB; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT;

AKODON AZARAE; AKODON MOLINAE; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ELIGMODONTIA TYPUS; FELIDAE; GRAOMYS GRISEOFLAVUS; MAMMALIA; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; RODENTIA;

EID: 79961009986     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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