Inter-population variation in hoarding behaviour in degus, octodon degus

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-474

  Quispe, René ^a   Villavicencio, Camila P ^a   Cortés, Arturo ^b,c   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIOMORPHA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 64949146002     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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