Constraints on first reproduction in North American red squirrels

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-92

  Becker, C Dustin ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^a   Larsen, Karl W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Univ College of the Cariboo ^*  (United States)

^c THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT; FIRST REPRODUCTION; JACK PINE; PINE CONE; RED SQUIRREL; REPRODUCTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

PINACEAE; PINUS BANKSIANA; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0031890895     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546470     Document Type: Article

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