Huddling behavior and the foraging efficiency of muskrats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 850-858

  Macarthur, Robert A ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^a   Jeske, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetics; Foraging ecology; Huddling; Muskrat; Ondatra zibethicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS;

EID: 0013587808     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382943     Document Type: Article

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