Rapid sequestration and recaching by a scatter-hoarding rodent (Sciurotamias davidianus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 480-490

  Zhang, Hongmao ^a,b   Steele, Michael A ^c   Zhang, Zhibin ^b   Wang, Wei ^d   Wang, Yu ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cache management; pilferage; predation risks; rapid sequestering hypothesis; scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

CACHING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOME RANGE; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84903471778     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-178     Document Type: Article

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