Are the closed landfills recovered habitats for small rodents? A case study in a riparian site, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-710

  Carballido, María Florencia ^a   Arístide, Pablo ^a   Busch, María ^a,b   Cittadino, Emilio A ^a,c   Villafañe, Isabel E Gómez ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

^c Coordinación Ecológica Área Metropolitana Sociedad del Estado ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Sanitary landfill; Small mammals; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AKODON AZARAE; ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; DELTAMYS KEMPI; MAMMALIA; OLIGORYZOMYS FLAVESCENS; ORYZOMYS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS;

EID: 82755194888     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0167-6     Document Type: Article

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