Sex and species differences in spatial memory in food-storing kangaroo rats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-329

  Barkley, Cynthia L ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipodomys merriami; Dipodomys microps; foraging ecology; Great Basin kangaroo rat; Merriam's kangaroo rat; scatter hoarding; spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FOOD STORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL COGNITION;

AVES; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; DIPODOMYS MICROPS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846452946     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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