Foraging and community consequences of seed size for coexisting Negev Desert granivores

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-300

  Garb, Jessica ^b   Kotler, Burt P ^b   Brown, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRANIVORY; PATCH USE; SEED SIZE;

ALAUDIDAE; ANIMALIA; GALERIDA CRISTATA; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; GERBILLUS SYRTICUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033995013     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880207.x     Document Type: Article

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