Evidence for cache surveillance by a scatter-hoarding rodent

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1511-1516

  Hirsch, B T ^a,b   Kays, R ^a,c,d   Jansen, P A ^a,e,f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocaryum; BCI; Dasyprocta; Long term memory; Reinforcement; Secondary dispersal; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FITNESS; FOOD QUALITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEMORY; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; ASTROCARYUM; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA PUNCTATA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879260694     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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