Effects of winter food availability on the abundance of Daurian pikas (Ochotona dauurica) in Inner Mongolian grasslands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1383-1387

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

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food caching; Foraging behavior; Grassland; Haypile; Manipulative experiment; Winter food

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CACHING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; LAGOMORPH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

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

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA DAUURICA; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 44149119578     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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