Food storability and the foraging behavior of fox squirrels (Sciurus niger)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-86

  Kotler, Burt P ^a,b   Brown, Joel S ^a   Hickey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032791618     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0077:FSATFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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