Differences in hoarding behaviors among six sympatric rodent species on seeds of oil tea (Camellia oleifera) in Southwest China

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Chang, Gang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAANXI INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Camellia oleifera; Larder hoarding; Scatter hoarding; Sympatric rodents

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA;

APODEMUS DRACO; CAMELLIA OLEIFERA; LEOPOLDAMYS EDWARDSI; MUS; NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; NIVIVENTER FULVESCENS; NIVIVENTER NIVIVENTER; RATTUS; RATTUS NITIDUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953751392     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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