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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Female degus (Octodon degus) monitor their environment while foraging socially
   Animal Cognition, 2008
2. Activity, range areas, and nesting patterns in the viscacha rat, Octomys mimax
   Journal of Arid Environments, 2008
3. Digestive and Metabolic Flexibility Allows Female Degus to Cope with Lactation Costs
   Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 186–194, 2008
4. Females of the communally breeding rodent, Octodon degus, transfer antibodies to their offspring during pregnancy and lactation
   Journal of Reproductive Immunology, vol. 74, no. 1-2, pp. 68–77, 2007
5. An experimental examination of the consequences of communal versus solitary breeding on maternal condition and the early postnatal growth and survival of degu, Octodon degus, pups
   Animal Behaviour, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 185–194, 2007
6. Ecological Predictors of Range Areas and Use of Burrow Systems in the Diurnal Rodent, Octodon degus
   Ethology, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 155–165, 2007
7. Vigilance and Collective Detection of Predators in Degus (Octodon degus)
   Ethology, vol. 112, no. 9, pp. 879–887, 2006
8. Lactating Females Do Not Discriminate Between Their Own Young and Unrelated Pups in the Communally Breeding Rodent, Octodon degus
   Ethology, vol. 112, no. 9, pp. 921–929, 2006
9. NEST AND SPACE USE IN A HIGHLAND POPULATION OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN CAVY (MICROCAVIA AUSTRALIS)
   Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 87, no. 5, p. 834, 2006
10. The influence of wave exposure on the foraging activity of marine otter, Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in northern Chile
    Journal of Ethology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 281–286, 2006
11. Sociality in New World hystricognath rodents is linked to predators and burrow digging
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 410–418, 2006
12. On the Relationship between Herbaceous Cover and Vigilance Activity of Degus (Octodon degus)
    Ethology, vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 593–608, 2005
13. A test of the thermal-stress and the cost-of-burrowing hypotheses among populations of the subterranean rodent
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 329–336, 2005
14. DAILY ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF FREE-LIVING CURUROS (SPALACOPUS CYANUS)
    Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 86, no. 2, p. 302, 2005
15. Seasonal changes in the time budget of degus, Octodon degus
    Behaviour, vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 91–112, 2005
16. Communal nesting and kinship in degus (Octodon degus)
    Naturwissenschaften, vol. 91, no. 8, 2004
17. Do female degus communally nest and nurse their pups?
    Journal of Ethology, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 143–146, 2002
18. Grouping increases the ability of the social rodent, Octodon degus, to detect predators when using exposed microhabitats
    Oikos, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 491–497, 2002
19. The influence of habitat on travel speed, intermittent locomotion, and vigilance in a diurnal rodent
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 182–187, 2002
20. On the evolution of group-living in the New World cursorial hystricognath rodents
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 227–236, 2001
21. No infanticide in the hystricognath rodent, Octodon degus : does ecology play a role?
    Acta ethologica, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 89–93, 2001
22. Communal burrowing in the hystricognath rodent, Octodon degus : a benefit of sociality?
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 365–369, 2000
23. The potential effects of protected nests and cage complexity on maternal aggression in house mice
    Aggressive Behavior, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 385–396, 1998
24. Strategies and counterstrategies to infanticide in mammals
    Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 321–346, 1998
25. Use of Habitat, Size of Prey, and Food-Niche Relationships of Two Sympatric Others in Southernmost Chile
    Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 78, no. 1, p. 222, 1997
26. Use of Fluorescent Powder to Infer Mating Activity of Male Rodents
    Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 78, no. 3, p. 888, 1997