Intraspecific variation in seed size affects scatterhoarding behaviour of an Australian tropical rain-forest rodent

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-98

  Theimer, Tad C ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beilschmiedia bancroftii; Rodent; Seed predation; Seed size; Uromys caudimaculata

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CACHING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SEED SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BEILSCHMIEDIA; RODENTIA; UROMYS;

EID: 0037266743     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003110     Document Type: Article

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