The role of urine marking in the foraging behaviour of least chipmunks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 557-563

  Devenport, Lynn ^a,c   Devenport, Jill ^b,c   Kokesh, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RODENT; URINE;

CANIDAE; RODENTIA; TAMIAS MINIMUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0033104515     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1026     Document Type: Article

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