The foraging behavior of granivorous rodents and short-term apparent competition among seeds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 467-474

  Veech, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Foraging behavior; Heteromyid rodent; Kangaroo rat; Seed preference; Short term apparent competition

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; RODENT; SEED;

ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; ASTRAGALUS CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; HETEROMYIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; ORYZOPSIS; ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES; PEROGNATHUS LONGIMEMBRIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034940825     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.4.467     Document Type: Article

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