The role of vegetation characteristics and foraging substrate in organizing a centrifugal gerbil community

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1009-1014

  Wasserberg, Gideon ^a   Abramsky, Zvika ^b   Valdivia, Natalia ^c   Kotler, Burt P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugal community organization; Ecological gradients; Foraging efficiency; Foraging substrate; Gerbillus andersoni allenbyi; Gerbillus pyramidum; Giving up density; Habitat selection; Seed tray

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; RODENT; VEGETATION;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ALLENBYI; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; GERBILLUS SYRTICUS;

EID: 27244459319     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1009:TROVCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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