Strategy of food plant selection in the Siberian Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-59

  Gliwicz, Joanna ^a   Pagacz, Stanislaw ^b   Witczuk, Julia ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAGOMORPH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

OCHOTONA HYPERBOREA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 33244483048     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0054:SOFPSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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