Effect of predation risk on selectivity in heteromyid rodents

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Leaver, Lisa A ^a,b   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Giving up density; Heteromyid; Predation risk; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPODOMYS; FEMALE; FOOD; FORAGING; KANGAROO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; RAT; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CHAETODIPUS; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; HETEROMYIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042661227     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00108-6     Document Type: Article

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