Early-life nutritional environment and spatial navigation in the water shrew, Sorex palustris (Insectivora)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-411

  Punzo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sorex palustris; Spatial navigation; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; NAVIGATION; NUTRITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTIVORA; SOREX; SOREX PALUSTRIS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 4644283363     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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