Patch utilization by three species of chilean rodents differing in body size and mode of locomotion

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2343-2351

  Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bipedal locomotion; Body size; Central place foraging; Chilean matorral; Locomotion; Patch utilization; Predation risk; Quadrupedal; Sigmodontine rodents

Indexed keywords

ABROTHRIX OLIVACEUS; HETEROMYIDAE; MURIDAE; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA;

BODY SIZE; LOCOMOTION; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK;

CHILE;

EID: 0030419125     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265736     Document Type: Article

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