Effects of seed quality and abundance on the foraging behavior of deer mice

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1449-1459

  Lobo, Nikhil ^a   Green, Derek J ^b   Millar, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

caching; conifer seeds; giving up density; Peromyscus maniculatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

EID: 84890952381     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-295.1     Document Type: Article

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