Foraging success of granivorous rodents: Effects of variation in seed and soil water on olfaction

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 233-241

  Vander Wall, Stfphen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granivory; Olfaction; Peromyscus maniculatus; Pinus jeffreyi; Purshia tridenteta; Scatter hoarding; Seed water; Tamias amoenus

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; RODENT; SEED; SOIL WATER;

LITTLE VALLEY; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PURSHIA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS AMOENUS; TRIDENTATA; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0031705426     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0233:FSOGRE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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