Title:

Minimizing interspecific competition by different foraging strategies in two North African desert rodents

Creator:

Schröpfer, R. ; Klenner-Fringes, B.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1991

Description:

In the mosts deserts, rodent species are represented numerously, most of them being granivorous. Several studies deal with the question, what the mechanisms of coexistence in such rodent communities are. In this paper the hypothesis is tested, whether the two locomotion types - quadrupedal running and bipedal saltation - my be responsible for the syntopic occurence of the two granivorous desert rodent species Jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Gerbillus gerbillus Oliver, 1801.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

desert rodents ; food utilisation ; Gerbillus gerbillus ; interspecific competition ; Jaculus jaculus ; rodents ; gryzonie pustynne ; wykorzystanie pokarmu ; konkurencja międzygatunkowa

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

36

Issue:

4

Start page:

109

End page:

117

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.91-7

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open