Pilfering of stored seeds and the relative costs of scatter-hoarding versus larder-hoarding in yellow pine chipmunks

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 248-257

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a   Hager, Elaine C H ^a   Kuhn, Kellie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food storage; Granivory; Peromyscus maniculatus; Pilferage; Tamias amoenus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; HELIANTHUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS JEFFREYI; RODENTIA; TAMIAS AMOENUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 18444363677     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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