Measuring the benefit of habitat selection

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 497-502

  Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Rosenzweig, Michael L ^b   Subach, Aziz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral bioassay; Foraging activity; Gerbillus; Gerbils; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; RODENT;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; PHOLISMA ARENARIUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036063380     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.4.497     Document Type: Article

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