European rabbits versus native rodents in Central Chile: effects on shrub seedlings

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dc.contributor.authorFuentes, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorJaksic Andrade, Fabián
dc.contributor.authorSimonetti, Javier A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-28T02:45:29Z
dc.date.available2019-12-28T02:45:29Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.description.abstractThe importance of the introduced rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus and of the native rodent Octodon degus (=degu) as browsers of shrub seedlings in the Central Chilean evergreen shrublands (=matorral) was experimentally assessed. Seedlings were planted in several spatial arrangements in two open successional stands and in two mature stands of different cover and exposure. The browsing impact of rabbits and degus was evaluated separately after about one year since the start of the experiments. It was found that degus cause important seedling mortality only within a 5 m-radius centered at the border of their retreats. Rabbits, on the other hand, cause heavier seedling mortality, forage more widely, and consequently have a greater impact than do degus. It is speculated that rabbits may be halting the secondary succession process, shifting the matorral composition toward less palatable shrub species, and/or broadening the spacing between shrub clumps.
dc.fuente.origenSpringer
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF00385244
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/27130
dc.identifier.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00385244
dc.issue.numeroNo. 3
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaOecologiaes_ES
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ddc570
dc.subject.deweyBiologíaes_ES
dc.subject.otherConejos - Chilees_ES
dc.subject.otherConejos - Alimentación y alimentoses_ES
dc.subject.otherRoedores - Chilees_ES
dc.subject.otherRoedoreses_ES
dc.subject.otherAlimentación y alimentoses_ES
dc.subject.otherPlántulases_ES
dc.titleEuropean rabbits versus native rodents in Central Chile: effects on shrub seedlingses_ES
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumenVol. 58
sipa.codpersvinculados99294
sipa.codpersvinculados99787
sipa.codpersvinculados103290
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