Exploratory behaviour of colonizing rats in novel environments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Russell, James C ^a,b   McMorland, Angus J C ^b   MacKay, Jamie W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

brown rat; density; exploration; invasive; island; movement; radiotelemetry; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 72149092246     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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