Using multivariate techniques to determine if yellow-bellied marmots feed selectively

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 261-276

  Woods, Brett C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Food; Marmot; Marmota flaviventris; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

DIET; FATTY ACID; FOOD SELECTION; HIBERNATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; BROMUS; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM LANATUM; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS LANSZWERTII LEUCANTHUS; LATHYRUS ODORATUS; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; MERTENSIA OBLONGIFOLIA; PASTINACA SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; POA; POACEAE; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA GRACILIS; SCIURIDAE; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 78649794336     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2009.9522481     Document Type: Article

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