Comparison of food hoarding of two sympatric rodent species under interspecific competition

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-64

  Zhang, Yi Feng ^a   Tong, Lei ^a   Ji, Wei Hong ^b   Lu, Ji Qi ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buff breasted rat; Chinese white bellied rat; Food hoarding strategy; Interspecific competition; Larder hoarding; Scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD HOARDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD STORAGE; MALE; RATS; SEEDS; SYMPATRY;

NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; RATTUS; RATTUS FLAVIPECTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871935646     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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