Caching as a strategy for surviving periods of resource scarcity; a comparative study of two species of Neotoma

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 717-722

  Post, D M ^a   Snyder, M V ^b,c   Finck, E J ^b,d   Saunders, D K ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HDR   (United States)

^d FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body mass; Neotoma floridana; Neotoma micropus; Plasma lipid; Plasma protein

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RODENT;

NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA; NEOTOMA MICROPUS;

EID: 33745860988     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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