Behavioural responses of sympatric rodents to complete pilferage

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-836

  Huang, Zhiyuan ^a   Wang, Yu ^b,c   Zhang, Hongmao ^a   Wu, Faqing ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Complete pilferage; Food hoarding; Hoarded intensity; Pilferage avoidance; Pilferage tolerance; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; DECIDUOUS TREE; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS PENINSULAE; CRICETINAE; NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROTAMIAS DAVIDIANUS; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS; TSCHERSKIA TRITON;

EID: 79952737792     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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