Rooted in the conceptual revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s, contemporary research on the
ecology of desert small mammals has progressed markedly in recent decades. Areas of …

The distribution and environmental conditions of bark consumption by small rodents were
compiled for the northern and southern hemispheres. Main bark consumption occurred …

Arid and semi-arid ecosystems in South America are best illustrated by two desert regions,
the Peruvian and Atacama Deserts of the Pacific coast and the Monte Desert of central …

Theoretical models of species coexistence between desert mammals have generally been
based on a combination of food and microhabitat selection by granivorous rodents. Although …

Great part of ecological thought in desert ecology is based on research findings in the
northern hemisphere, and these have led to generalizations to other drylands. However …

Temperate and semi-arid regions of Argentina are undergoing rapid habitat conversion as a
result of several human activities (ie grazing, logging, agriculture, etc.). These arid …

We discuss the strategies and early results from an ecological restoration and rehabilitation
project underway in Monte Austral (Southern Monte) of Argentinian Patagonia. We use this …

Subterranean rodents are considered major soil engineers, as they can locally modify soil
properties by their burrowing activities. In this study, the effect of a subterranean rodent of …

M. a. australis (Geoffroy and d'Orbigny, 1833: 1 [unnumbered text for plate 12]), see above
(kingii Bennett, 1836, nigriana Thomas, 1921, and joannia Thomas, 1921: 446, are …

The present study aims at improving the characterization of the dietary status of four
sigmodontine rodents (Graomys griseoflavus, Akodon molinae, Calomys musculinus and …