Physiological mechanisms for food-hoarding motivation in animals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1542, 2010, Pages 961-975

  Keen Rhinehart, Erin ^a   Dailey, Megan J ^b   Bartness, Timothy ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behaviour, food intake, foraging; Energy balance; Hoarding; Ingestive behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HORMONE; NEUROLOGY; PEPTIDE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 77950255274     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0225     Document Type: Review

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