Granivory and plant selection by desert gerbils of different body size

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2218-2229

  Kam, Michael ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Allan Degen, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body size; Desert gerbils; Gerbillus dasyurus; Gerbillus henleyi; Granivory; Meriones crassus; Plant selection; Selection indices

Indexed keywords

ANABASIS ARTICULATA; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; GERBILLUS HENLEYI; LYCIUM SHAWII; MERIONES CRASSUS; MORICANDIA NITENS; THYMELAEA HIRSUTA; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

BODY SIZE; DESERT GERBIL; DIET SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GRANIVORY;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0031284535     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2218:GAPSBD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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