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Geographical ecology of South American desert small mammals: consequences of observations at local and regional scales
Author(s) -
Kelt Douglas A.,
Marquet Pablo A.,
Brown James H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
global ecology and biogeography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.164
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1466-8238
pISSN - 1466-822X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00193.x
Subject(s) - fauna , ecology , desert (philosophy) , arid , geography , mammal , biology , epistemology , philosophy
Abstract Five major drylands in South American display very low levels of faunal similarity. The remarkable consistency of faunal structure, however, suggests that it may be possible to extend earlier conclusions based only on the mammal fauna of the Altiplano and the Atacama Desert to all of South America's arid lands.