Food selection and caching behavior

The Allegheny Woodrat: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-106

  Castleberry, Nikole L ^a   Castleberry, Steven B ^b  

^a Nongame Conservation Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84859241911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36051-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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