Scaling functional diversity of small mammals in desert systems

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 262-270

  Rodriguez D ^a   Ojeda, R A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community patterns; Deserts; Functional biodiversity; Functional complementarity; Functional redundancy; Niche filtering; Niche partitioning; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONVERGENCE; DESERT; DIET; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SMALL MAMMAL;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT;

EID: 84904898660     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12142     Document Type: Article

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