Alteration of Ecosystem Structure by a Burrowing Herbivore, the Plains Vizcacha (lagostomus Maximus)
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, 6300 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina (DV, LCB, JLH, MM) Northern Global Change Program, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 11 Campus Boulevard., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19703, USA (KLC) Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Room 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA (LCB)
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تاریخ انتشار 2008