Why do the mounds of Mus spicilegus vary so much in size and composition?

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Hölzl, Michaela ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a   Darolova, Alzbeta ^b   Krištofik, Ján ^b   Penn, Dustin J ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Animal architecture; Common pool resources; Habitat selection; Mound building mouse; Mus spicilegus

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; RODENT; SIZE; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS SPICILEGUS; SETARIA (PLANT); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349233826     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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