Competitive environment affects food-hoarding behavior of Merriam's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Murray, Amanda L ^a   Barber, Amy M ^a   Jenkins, Stephen H ^a   Longland, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cache distribution; Coexistence; Dipodomys merriami; Fluorescent pigment; Food hoarding behavior; Great Basin Desert; Heteromyidae; Kangaroo rat; Pilferage; Seed caching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; HETEROMYIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745155067     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-172R1.1     Document Type: Article

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