Abstract Much of South America consists of diverse arid and semiarid regions characterized
by high mammal endemism as a result of a complex interplay between place and lineage …

Rodentia is a species‐rich group with diversified modes of life and diets. Although rodent
skull morphology has been the focus of a voluminous literature, the functional significance of …

Habitat selection in deserts is mainly modulated by the availability of resources. The basic
hypotheses regarding coexistence of species in arid environments offer two possibilities: 1) …

We present the results of the extensive analysis on the taxonomic composition, the
taphonomic characteristics, and the possible paleoenvironmental implications of the small …

Habitat partitioning is considered one of the main mechanisms of coexistence among small
mammals. This is especially evident in arid environments where resources are particularly …

Characterizing habitat associations of species is fundamental to understanding the
mechanistic basis of community organization. Typically, investigators estimate microhabitat …

Abstract Space use in deserts usually has been considered only along the horizontal
dimension; however, vertical structure could be an important variable for habitat segregation …

Interpretation of landscape patterns from the perspective of different species allows knowing
the way in which they perceive landscape, and how their perception varies with scale. We …

The fate of dispersed seeds from mammal faeces depends both on the animal that finds the
seeds and environmental conditions. We explored the simultaneous influence of …

The ecological function of animal seed dispersal depends on species interactions and can
be affected by drivers such as the management interventions applied to protected areas …