How rodents smell buried seeds: A model based on the behavior of pesticides in soil

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1089-1099

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Granivory; Odorants; Olfaction; Predator prey relationships; Rodents; Scent marking; Seed caching; Seed water; Weather

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OLFACTION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RODENT; SOIL WATER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141457752     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BPR-003     Document Type: Article

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