Time allocation of territorial activity and adaptations to environment of predation risk by Plateau pikas

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-338

  Zhang, Yanming ^a,b   Zhang, Zhibin ^b   Wei, Wanghong ^a   Cao, Yifan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae); Predation risk; Territory; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; PREDATION RISK; TERRITORIALITY; TIME ALLOCATION;

MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 30144435672     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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