How do red squirrels, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, and eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, coexist?

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Guerra, Barbara ^a   Vickery, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; HABITAT USE; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; RODENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC; SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE;

HELIANTHUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0031723714     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546554     Document Type: Article

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