Kangaroo Rats Remodel Burrows in Response to Seasonal Changes in Environmental Conditions

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 430-439

  Edelman, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATION; FITNESS; FOOD STORAGE; HEAT BALANCE; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SNAKE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; RATTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 79953682534     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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