Testing central place foraging in eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, by altering loading functions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1447-1453

  McAleer, Kim ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; MAMMAL; PREDICTION; SEED;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS SP.; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 33744983122     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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