Effects of species, sex, age, and habitat on geometry of pocket gopher foraging tunnels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 750-756

  Romañach, Stephane S ^a,e   Seabloom, E W ^b   Reichman, O J ^a   Rogers, W E ^c   Cameron, G N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Burrowing patterns; Energetics; Geomyidae; Home range; Soil; Subterranean; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOMETRY; HOME RANGE; SOIL PROPERTY;

ANIMALIA; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS ATTWATERI; GEOMYS BURSARIUS; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS BOTTAE;

EID: 24144450358     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0750:EOSSAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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