FORAGING STRATEGY OF PLATEAU ZOKORS (EOSPALAX BAILEYI THOMAS) WHEN COLLECTING FOOD FOR WINTER CACHES

• Main Authors: Xie, Jiu-Xiang, Lin, Gong-Hua, Zhang, Tong-Zuo, Su, Jian Ping
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Diet Selection; Foraging Strategy; Poisonous Forbs; Qinghai-tibetan Plateau; Subterranean Rodents; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; POCKET GOPHERS; MYOSPALAX-FONTANIERII; DIETARY PREFERENCES; SUBTERRANEAN RODENT; TIBETAN PLATEAU; THOMOMYS-BOTTAE; HERBIVORES; MAMMALS; DIVERGENCE; MECHANISM; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Ecology; Bray; Burrows; Polygonum viviparum
• Online Access: http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/4281

Subterranean life style is characterized by limited food resource and energy consuming burrow behavior. Subterranean rodents are usually recognized as dietary generalists. In the current study, we investigated the species composition of winter caches of plateau zokors (Eospalax baileyi), and the dis...