Cache protection strategies of a scatter-hoarding rodent: do tree squirrels engage in behavioural deception?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 705-714

  Steele, Michael A ^a   Halkin, Sylvia L ^b   Smallwood, Peter D ^c   McKenna, Thomas J ^b   Mitsopoulos, Katerina ^b   Beam, Matthew ^a  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

caching; deceptive behaviour; eastern grey squirrel; hoarding; pilfering; scatter hoarding; Sciurus carolinensis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

CORVIDA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 38649126197     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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