Evidence against maximization of gross rate of seed delivery to the burrow in food-hoarding eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 655-661

  Barrette, Simon ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

central place foraging; eastern chipmunk; load size; optimal foraging; patch time; predation costs; quantitative test; rate maximizing; Tamias striatus

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 38649116014     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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