Differences in food hoarding among six species of heteromyid rodents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1221-1233

  Jenkins, Stephen H ^a   Breck, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteromyidae; Hoarding behavior; Kangaroo mice; Kangaroo rats; Larder hoarding; Pocket mice; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000833414     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383013     Document Type: Article

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