Hoarding decisions by Edward's long-tailed rats (Leopoldamys edwardsi) and South China field mice (Apodemus draco): The responses to seed size and germination schedule in acorns

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Chang, Gang ^a,b   Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Edward's long tailed rats (Leopoldamys edwardsi); Germination schedule; Hoarding preference; Seed size; South China field mice (Apodemus draco)

Indexed keywords

CACHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; GERMINATION; RODENT; SEED; SEED SIZE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PREDICTION; RAT; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMINATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MURINAE; QUERCUS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS DRACO; LEOPOLDAMYS EDWARDSI; QUERCUS GLAUCA; QUERCUS SUBER; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67650141678     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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