Foraging patterns of black rats across a desert-montane forest gradient in the Galapagos Islands

Author:: Clark, Deborah A.
Title:: Foraging patterns of black rats across a desert-montane forest gradient in the Galapagos Islands
Periodical:: Biotropica
Year:: 1981
Volume:: 13
Pages:: 182-194
Subject:: Rats Rattus rattus Galapagos
Summary:: A fundamental aspect of the Galapagos black rat feeding behavior is their ability to use a broad range of foods, both within and among different habitats. This dietary versatility has been documented for the Rattus rattus populations in parts of the world such as Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and Eniwetok Atoll. In this paper, the composition of diets selected by the black rat populations over the Galapagos habitat spectrum is described with an analysis that was done regarding the relationships among diet composition, available foods, and reproduction.
Label:: Animals
URL:: http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2075/stable/2388123
Date:: 1981
Collection:: Periodicals