Why do female Belding's ground squirrels disperse away from food resources?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Nunes, Scott ^a   Zugger, Peter A ^a   Engh, Anne L ^a   Reinhart, Kurt O ^b   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Ground squirrel; Natal dispersal; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030941541     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050333     Document Type: Article

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