Do nocturnal rodents in the Great Basin Desert avoid moonlight?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-72

  Upham, Nathan S ^a,b,c   Hafner, John C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipodomys; interspecific competition; lunar cycle; moonlight avoidance; predation risk; quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; DESERT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; LUNAR CYCLE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RODENT; SPACE USE;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874035440     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-076.1     Document Type: Article

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