Cache pilferage in red-rumped agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina) (Rodentia)

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Gomes, Bruno Z ^a,c   Ahn, Yu Jie ^d   Galetti, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia da Conservação ^*  (Brazil)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; RODENTIA;

EID: 30744462064     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.036     Document Type: Article

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