Use of visual cues in foraging by a diurnal herbivore, Belding's ground squirrel

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1766-1770

  Duncan, Richard D ^a,b   Jenkins, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HERBIVORE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI;

EID: 0032449040     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-119     Document Type: Article

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