caa a22 4500 378912720 CHVBK 20180305123546.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/mamm.2004.001 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/mamm.2004.001 Spatial and temporal organisation of small mammal communities in the Monte desert, Argentina [Elektronische Daten] [Valeria Corbalán, Ricardo Ojeda] The coexistence of desert small mammals can be explained by differences in microhabitat use, morphology, body size, diet and foraging. The aim of this study was to quantify the structure of small mammal assemblages and the seasonal fluctuations in their abundance using mark - recapture techniques in habitats of different structural heterogeneity (mesquite forest, creosotebush community, and sand dunes) in the temperate Monte desert of Argentina. Habitat heterogeneity was characterised by 10 vegetation variables. The mesquite forest and the creosotebush community showed the highest diversity and habitat heterogeneity. The relative abundance of each species underwent remarkable variations between habitats. The sigmodontinae rodents Graomys griseoflavus and Eligmodontia typus were the dominant species in the mesquite forest and sand dunes, respectively, whereas no dominant species was observed in the creosotebush habitat. Abundance varied throughout the year, reaching maximum density in autumn and spring. Copyright 2004, Walter de Gruyter desert small mammals nationallicence diversity nationallicence habitat use nationallicence Monte Desert nationallicence Corbalán Valeria Grupo de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET, CC 507, 5500, Mendoza (Argentina) aut Ojeda Ricardo Grupo de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET, CC 507, 5500, Mendoza (Argentina) aut Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/1(2004-07-01), 5-14 0025-1461 68:1<5 2004 68 mamm https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.001 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2004.001 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Corbalán Valeria Grupo de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET, CC 507, 5500, Mendoza (Argentina) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ojeda Ricardo Grupo de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, CONICET, CC 507, 5500, Mendoza (Argentina) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mammalia Walter de Gruyter 68/1(2004-07-01), 5-14 0025-1461 68:1<5 2004 68 mamm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter