Foraging activity pattern is shaped by water loss rates in a diurnal desert rodent

American Naturalist

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 205-218

  Levy, Ofir ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Porter, Warren P ^b   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Energy expenditure; Foraging; Microhabitat; Predation; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; ENERGY BUDGET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION; RODENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

ACOMYS; ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; MURINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; MURINAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 84978640654     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/687246     Document Type: Article

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