Ability of murid rodents to find buried seeds in the Monte desert

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Taraborelli, Paula ^a   Borruel, Natalia ^a   Mangeaud, Arnaldo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIPID; RODENT; SEED BURIAL;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON MOLINAE; CALOMYS MUSCULINUS; ELIGMODONTIA TYPUS; GRAOMYS GRISEOFLAVUS; HELIANTHUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 59149091415     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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