Improved walnut-feeding skills with experience in wood mice, Apodemus speciosus

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Takechi, Reina ^a   Tamura, Noriko ^b   Hayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effects of food supply; Feeding manner; Food value; Learning; Seed predator; Training

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; JUGLANS; JUGLANS AILANTHIFOLIA; MUS;

EID: 58149289802     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-008-0087-y     Document Type: Article

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