Testing values of crested porcupine habitats by experimental food patches

Oecologia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 512-518

  Brown, Joel S ^a   Alkon, Philip U ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert porcupines; Foraging behavior; Habitat selection; Predation costs

Indexed keywords

CRESTED PORCUPINE; DESERT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE; PORCUPINE; PREDATION; RISK-SENSITIVE FORAGING;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT, SEDE BOQER;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HYSTRIX CRISTATA; HYSTRIX INDICA;

EID: 0025595864     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317202     Document Type: Article

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