Summer burrows of Ord's Kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii) in Western Nebraska: Food content and structure

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-474

  White, Jeremy A ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrows; Dipodomys ordii; Food hoarding; Foraging; Kangaroo rat; Nebraska; Sporobolus cryptandrus

Indexed keywords

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; RATTUS; SPOROBOLUS CRYPTANDRUS;

EID: 73649099184     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0406     Document Type: Article

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