The Role of Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) as Physical Ecosystem Engineers

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 19 Aug 2013 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Biotropica, volume 45, pages 537-540 (issn: 0006-3606, eissn: 1744-7429,

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Authors: Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez; Danilo Kluyber;

doi: 10.1111/btp.12052

The Role of Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) as Physical Ecosystem Engineers

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AbstractThrough their excavations, giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) alter their physical surroundings and create new habitats, which influence resources for at least 24 other species of vertebrates in the Brazilian Pantanal. The role of this poorly known species as an ecosystem engineer may be of high value to the community of vertebrates.

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