Seasonal changes in the time budget of degus, Octodon degus

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-112

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a   Hurtado, Marí José ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Activity; Degu breeding; Foraging; Predation risk; Seasonality; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 20644450223     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539053627703     Document Type: Article

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