Foraging substrate and escape substrate: Patch use by three species of gerbils

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1781-1790

  Kotler, Burt P ^a   Brown, J S ^b   Oldfield, A ^c   Thorson, J ^a   Cohen, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert rodents; Escape substrate; Foraging substrate; Foraging theory; Gerbils; Giving up densities; Illumination; Optimal patch use; Owls; Risk of predation; Trade offs of food and safety

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; PATCH USE; RODENT;

GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0034957619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1781:FSAESP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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