Evidence for food hoarding behaviour in terrestrial rodents in Pasoh Forest Reserve, a Malaysian lowland rain forest

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-173

  Yasuda, Masatoshi ^a   Miura, Shingo ^a   Hussein, Nor Azman ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hoarding behaviour; Lariscus insignis; Leopoldamys sabanus; Maxomys spp.; Pasoh Forest Reserve; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000725984     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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