Hay-pile caches as winter food by Gansu pikas and its biological significance

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Su, Jianping ^a   Lian, Xinming ^a   Zhang, Tongzuo ^a   Cui, Qinghu ^a   Liu, Jike ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gansu pika (ochotona cansus); Habitat vegetation type; Hay pile; Parallel development; Vocal behavior

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT TYPE; LAGOMORPH; VEGETATION; VOCALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

ANIMALIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EUDICOTYLEDONS; GENTIANA; GENTIANA STRAMINEA; LAGOMORPHA; LILIOPSIDA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA CANSUS; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; OXYTROPIS; POACEAE; SAUSSUREA; SAUSSUREA SUPERBA;

EID: 1642294441     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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