An analysis of travel costs on transport of load and nest building in golden hamster

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-28

  Guerra, Rogerio F ^a   Ades, Cesar ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Demand elasticity; Energy expenditure; Golden hamster; Nest building; Optimal foraging theory; Travel costs

Indexed keywords

RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CHEEK POUCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PAPER; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; TREADMILL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0037187521     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00207-8     Document Type: Article

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