Influence of maternal diet and perishability on caching and consumption behavior of juvenile eastern woodrats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 156-162

  Post, Diane M ^a,b   Mcdonald, Mark W ^a,c   Reichman, O J ^a,d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^c Bethany College Kansas   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caching; Diet; Juveniles; Learning; Neotoma floridana; Woodrats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006030042     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382850     Document Type: Article

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