Foraging of gray squirrels on an urban-rural gradient: Use of the gud to assess anthropogenic impact

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1135-1142

  Bowers, Michael A ^a   Breland, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Giving up density; Gray squirrel foraging; Human impact; Predation on squirrels; Sciurus carolinensis; Urban rural gradients

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAROLINENSIS; FELIS CATUS; HELIANTHUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

FORAGING; GIVING-UP DENSITY; GREY SQUIRREL; HUMAN IMPACT; URBANIZATION;

USA, VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030409516     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269597     Document Type: Article

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