Effects of food preference on scatter-hoarding by kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami)

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 823-832

  Leaver, Lisa ^a   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food caching; Food preferences; Kangaroo rat; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032361975     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998792640468     Document Type: Article

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