Selection and treatment of fleshy fruits by the ship rat (Rattus rattus L.) in the Canarian laurel forest

Mammalia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Delgado Garcia J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

CANARY ISLANDS;

LAURUS AZORICA; PERSEA INDICA; RATTUS RATTUS; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 0033941995     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2000.64.1.11     Document Type: Article

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