14
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Ecological factors affecting the foraging behaviour of Xerus rutilus

, &
Pages 265-272 | Received 25 Nov 2010, Accepted 31 May 2010, Published online: 02 Dec 2015

References

  • BOUSKILA, A. 1995. Interactions between predation risk and competition: a field study of kangaroo rats and snakes. Ecology 76: 165–178.
  • BROWN, J.S. 1988. Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22: 37–47.
  • BROWN, J.S., AREL, Y., ABRAMSKY, Z. & KOTLER, B.P. 1992. Patch use by gerbils (Gerbilius allenbyi) in sandy and rocky habitats. Journal of Mammalogy 73: 821–829.
  • BROWN, J.S. 2001. Foraging ecology of animal in response to heterogeneous environments. In: The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity, (eds) M.J. Hutchings, E.A. John & A. J. Stewart, pp. 181–215. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
  • CHARNOV, E.L. 1976. Optimal foraging, marginal value theorem. Theoretical Population Biology 9: 129–136.
  • COE, M. 1972. The South Turkana expedition. Scientific papers IX. Ecological studies of the small mammals of South Turkana. Geographical Journal 138: 316–338.
  • DAYANAND, N.N. & SHANTHA, S.R. 2001. Analysis of multivariate repeated measures data with a Kronecker product structured covariance matrix. Journal of Applied Statistics 28: 91–105.
  • DEARING, M.D. 1997. The manipulation of plant toxins by a food-hoarding herbivore, Ochotona princeps. Ecology 78: 774–781.
  • DEARING, M.D., MANGIONE, A.M. & KARASOV, W.H. 2001. Plant secondary compounds as diuretics: an overlooked consequence. American Zoologist 41: 890–901.
  • FANSON, B.G., FANSON, K.V. & BROWN, J.S. 2008. Foraging behaviour of two rodent species inhabiting a kopje (rocky outcrop) in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya. African Zoology 43: 184–191.
  • FREELAND, W.J. & JANZEN, D.H. 1974. Strategies in herbivory by mammals – role of plant secondary compounds. American Naturalist 108: 269–289.
  • GUERRA, B. & VICKERY, W.L. 1998. How do red squirrels, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, and eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, coexist? Oikos 83: 139–144.
  • GUTMAN, R. & DAYAN, T. 2005. Temporal partitioning: an experiment with two species of spiny mice. Ecology 86: 164–173.
  • HODGKINSON, A. 1977. Oxalic Acid in Biology and Medicine. Academic Press, London.
  • KEESING, F. 2000. Cryptic consumers and the ecology of an African savanna. Bioscience 50: 205–215.
  • KINGDON, J. 1984. East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Hares and Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • KOTLER, B.P. & BROWN, J.S. 1988. Environmental heterogeneity and the coexistence of desert rodents. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 19: 281–307.
  • KOTLER, B.P., BROWN, J.S. & KNIGHT, M.H. 1999. Habitat and patch use by hyraxes: there’s no place like home? Ecology Letters 2:82–88.
  • LITTELL, R.C., MILLIKEN, G.A., STROUP, W.W., WOLFINGER, R.D. & SCHABENBERGER, O. 2006. SAS System for Mixed Models. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.
  • LONGLAND, W.S. & PRICE, M.V. 1991. Direct observations of owls and heteromyid rodents – can predation risk explain microhabitat use. Ecology 72: 2261–2273.
  • MORRIS, D.W. 1997. Optimally foraging deer mice in prairie mosaics: a test of habitat theory and absence of landscape effects. Oikos 80: 31–42.
  • O’SHEA, T.J. 1976. Home range, social-behavior, and dominance relationships in African unstriped groundsquirrel, Xerus rutilus. Journal of Mammalogy 57: 450–460.
  • PERRIN, M.R. & KOTLER, B.P. 2005. A test of five mechanisms of species coexistence between rodents in a southern African savanna. African Zoology 40: 55–61.
  • REED, A.W., KAUFMAN, G.A. & KAUFMAN, D.W. 2005. Rodent seed predation and GUDs: effect of burning and topography. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 1279–1285.
  • ROSENTHAL, G.A. & BERENBAUM, M.R. 1991. The Chemical Participants, Volume I. Academic Press, San Diego.
  • SAS FOR WINDOWS 2004. Version 9.1. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.
  • SCHMIDT, K.A. 2000. Interactions between food chemistry and predation risk in fox squirrels. Ecology 81: 2077–2085.
  • SCHMIDT, K.A., BROWN, J.S. & MORGAN, R.A. 1998. Plant defenses as complementary resources: a test with squirrels. Oikos 81: 130–142.
  • STEELE, M.A., KNOWLES, T., BRIDLE, K. & SIMMS, E.L. 1993. Tannins and partial consumption of acorns – implications for dispersal of oaks by seed predators. American Midland Naturalist 130: 229–238.
  • SWAIN, T. 1979. Tannins and lignins. In: Herbivores: Their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites, (eds) G.A. Rosenthal & D.H. Janzen, pp. 657–682. Academic Press, London.
  • THORSON, J.M., MORGAN, R.A., BROWN, J.S. & NORMAN, J.E. 1997. Direct and indirect cues of predatory risk and patch use by fox squirrels and thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Behavioral Ecology 9: 151–157.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.