Do frugivorous mice choose where or what to feed on?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 576-586

  Fedriani, Jose M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal plant interactions; Apodemus sylvaticus; Coevolutionary constraints; Foraging behavior; Frugivory; Helleborus foetidus; Rocks; Seed predation; Spain

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; VERATRUM;

EID: 20444370297     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[576:DFMCWO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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