Abstract: Food storage is an important adaptation of some ani mal species to the temporal variation or unpredictable food supplies. David's rock squirrel Sciurotanias dauidianus occurs in mountai nous and hilly areas of north China. Foodhoarding behaviour of t his species Was unknown. We set up four semi-natural enclosures in the Donglingshan Mountai narea near Beijing, and investigate t he hoardi ng strategy of 12 David's rock squirrels and their response to perceived pilferage on seeds of walnuts Juglans regia and wild apricot Prunus ar neniaca......

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