Da. Kelt et al., Geographical ecology of South American desert small mammals: consequences of observations at local and regional scales, GLOBAL EC B, 9(3), 2000, pp. 219-223
Five major drylands in South American display very low levels of faunal sim
ilarity. The remarkable consistency of faunal structure, however, suggests
that it may be possible to extend earlier conclusions based only on the mam
mal fauna of the Altiplano and the Atacama Desert to all of South America's
arid lands.