Communal food caches and social groups of Brandt's voles in the typical steppes of Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-407

  Zhong, W ^a   Wang, G ^a,b   Zhou, Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Food hoarding; Grassland; Microtine rodents; Sex ratio; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CACHING; COLONY STRUCTURE; RODENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; LASIOPODOMYS BRANDTII; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33750976386     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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