INVESTIGADORES
GIANNONI Stella Maris
artículos
Título:
The role of small rodents in the seed dispersal process: Microcavia australis consuming Prosopis flexuosa fruits.
Autor/es:
CAMPOS CLAUDIA; CAMPOS VALERIA; GIANNONI STELLA; RODRIGUEZ, DANIELA; ALBANESE, SOLEDAD; CONA, MONICA
Revista:
AUSTRAL ECOLOGY
Editorial:
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2017 vol. 42 p. 113 - 119
ISSN:
1442-9985
Resumen:
In the Monte desert, Prosopis produces abundant food, unevenly in time and space, in the form of pods and seeds. Mammals use Prosopis propagules extensively, and they could be predators or dispersers depending on how they handle and where they leave the propagules. The objectives of this study were: 1) to know how long M. australis transported propagules; 2) to evaluate what hoarding pattern was used by M. australis (larder and scatterhoarding) in comparison with Sigmodontine rodents; and 3) to analyze in which condition were propagules left.
