Effects of burrow condition and seed handling time on hoarding strategies of Edward's long-tailed rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

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

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burrow condition; Edward's long tailed rats (Leopoldamys edwardsi); Handling time; Larder hoarding; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CACHING; EVERGREEN TREE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SEED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURROWING SPECIES; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK; RODENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MURINAE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEEDS;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA OLEIFERA; LEOPOLDAMYS EDWARDSI; LITHOCARPUS HAVILANDII; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956174231     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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