The role of site, habitat, seasonality and competition in determining the nightly activity patterns of psammophilic gerbils in a centrifugally organized community

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 573-579

  Wasserberg, Gideon ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^b   Abramsky, Zvika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SITE EFFECT;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM;

EID: 33645118121     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14302.x     Document Type: Article

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