Global climate change and small mammal populations in north-central Chile

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1223-1235

  Meserve, Peter L ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^b   Previtali, M Andrea ^c   Milstead, W Bryan ^d   Gutirrez, Julio R ^e,f  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; El Ni o; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); global climate change; population fluctuations; semiarid small mammals

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RODENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHILE;

EID: 83755168075     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-267.1     Document Type: Review

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