Benefits of small-sized caches for scatter-hoarding rodents: Influence of cache size, depth, and soil moisture

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1186-1192

  Geluso, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cache fate; Cache size; Dipodomys ordii; Plant animal interactions; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CACHING; GRANIVORY; RODENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; RODENTIA;

EID: 30344473890     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-016R1.1     Document Type: Article

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