The water economy of South American desert rodents: from integrative to molecular physiological ecology

F Bozinovic, P Gallardo - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C …, 2006 - Elsevier
Rodents from arid and semi-arid habitats live under conditions where the spatial and
temporal availability of free water is limited, or scarce, thus forcing these rodents to deal with …

Mammals of the Monte Desert: from regional to local assemblages

RA Ojeda, S Tabeni, V Corbalán - Journal of Mammalogy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Evolution of morphological adaptations for digging in living and extinct ctenomyid and octodontid rodents

EP Lessa, AI Vassallo, DH Verzi… - Biological Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
To examine the evolution of burrowing specializations in the sister families Octodontidae
and Ctenomyidae (Rodentia: Caviomorpha), we produced a synthetic phylogeny …

Utilization of food resources by small and medium‐sized mammals in the Monte Desert biome, Argentina

C Campos, R Ojeda, S Monge, M Dacar - Austral Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical models of species coexistence between desert mammals have generally been
based on a combination of food and microhabitat selection by granivorous rodents. Although …

[图书][B] Spatial ecology of desert rodent communities

GI Shenbrot, BR Krasnov, KA Rogovin - 2012 - books.google.com
Rodents are conspicuous and important components of the desert biome. Many general
concepts in modern community and behavioral ecology use them as a main model. This …

The mammals of the Monte Desert revisited

RA Ojeda, S Tabeni - Journal of Arid Environments, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

The MaB Reserve of Ñacuñán, Argentina: its role in understanding the Monte Desert biome

RA Ojeda, CM Campos, JM Gonnet, CE Borghi… - Journal of Arid …, 1998 - Elsevier
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 …

On the evolution of group-living in the New World cursorial hystricognath rodents

LA Ebensperger, H Cofré - Behavioral Ecology, 2001 - academic.oup.com
We used the comparative method to examine the evolutionary causes of group-living in the
New World cursorial hystricognath rodents. To do so, we used the available literature to …

Functional morphology and palaeobiology of the pliocene rodent Actenomys (Caviomorpha: Octodontidae): the evolution to a subterranean mode of life

ME Fernández, AI Vassallo… - Biological Journal of the …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Pliocene caviomorph rodent Actenomys has long been recognized as an early
fossorial representative of the subfamily Ctenomyinae (Octodontidae), which includes one …

[PDF][PDF] Mamíferos de Argentina

RM Barquez, MM Díaz, RA Ojeda - Sistemática y Distribución. Editorial …, 2006 - sarem.org.ar
Las investigaciones sobre mamíferos neotropicales han tenido un importante impulso en los
últimos años. Este crecimiento se ha visto reflejado en la aparición de un importante …