Effect of seed availability on hoarding behaviors of Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus) in semi-natural enclosures

Mammalia

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Yi, Xianfeng ^a,b   Yang, Yueqin ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mast seeding; Masting enhanced hoarding hypothesis; Seed availability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CACHING; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASTING; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA;

PINUS KORAIENSIS; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 84859753834     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2011.041     Document Type: Article

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