EUROPEAN RABBITS VERSUS NATIVE RODENTS IN CENTRAL CHILE - EFFECTS ON SHRUB SEEDLINGS

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dc.contributor.authorFUENTES, ER
dc.contributor.authorJAKSIC, FM
dc.contributor.authorSIMONETTI, JA
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:44:00Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:44:00Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.description.abstractThe importance of the introduced rabbit Ooryctolagus cunicueus 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 2 open successional stands and in 2 mature stands of different cover and exposure. The browsing impact of rabbits and degus was evaluated separately after .apprx. 1 yr since the start of the experiments. Degus cause important seedling mortality only within a 5 m-radius centered at the border of their retreats. Rabbits cause heavier seedling mortality, forage more widely and, consequently, have a greater impact than do degus. 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.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1432-1939
dc.identifier.issn0029-8549
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99907
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1983QY89200021
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final414
dc.pagina.inicio411
dc.revistaOecologia
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleEUROPEAN RABBITS VERSUS NATIVE RODENTS IN CENTRAL CHILE - EFFECTS ON SHRUB SEEDLINGS
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen58
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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