01189nas a2200145   4500008004100000245015600041210006900197300001300266490000800279520059400287653001100881653000900892100001900901856012300920       1984                        eng d00aCentral place foraging for non-food items: determination of the stick size value relationship of house building materials collected by eastern woodrats0 aCentral place foraging for nonfood items determination of the st  a841 -8530 v1233 a<p>Eastern woodrats (Nemotoma floridana) are medium-sized, nocturnal rodents that collect sticks and other objects as house building materials. A house is inhabited by one woodrat at a time, and provides many benefits to the occupant including protection from predators, protection from the weather, and a safe food storage site. Woodrats range from their houses to retrieve sticks and thus offer the opportunity to examine central place foraging for nonfood items. This paper examines procedures for determining the stick size-value relationship for woodrats initiating house building</p>10aforage10anest1 aMcGinley, M.A.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/central-place-foraging-non-food-items-determination-stick-size-value-relationship-house