The effect of travel costs on food hoarding in gerbils

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Tsurim, Ido ^a   Abramsky, Zvika ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Food hoarding; Gerbils; Hoarding; Israel; Larderhoarding; Rodents; Scatterhoarding

Indexed keywords

CACHING; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542348954     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0067:TEOTCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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