Exploitation of pocket gophers and their food caches by grizzly bears

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 731-742

  Mattson, David J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excavation; Grizzly bears; Pocket gophers; Thomomys talpoides; Ursus arctos; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CACHING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLAYTONIA; CLAYTONIA LANCEOLATA; GEOMYIDAE; LANCEOLATA; PERIDERIDIA; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES; URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 4344674122     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BJK-125     Document Type: Article

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