Dissecting the decision making process of scatter-hoarding rodents

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1027-1034

  Wang, Bo ^a,b   Ye, Cheng Xi ^a   Cannon, Charles H ^c   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; TANNIN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879422244     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20823.x     Document Type: Article

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