Foraging patterns of eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) on goldenrod gall insects, a potentially important winter food resource

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-109

  Shealer, D A ^a,b   Snyder, J P ^a   Dreisbach, V C ^a   Sunderlin, D F ^a   Novak, J A ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GALL INSECT; RODENT; WINTER;

HAMILTON; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

CAROLINENSIS; DIPTERA; EUROSTA SOLIDAGINIS; EURYTOMA; EURYTOMA GIGANTEA; EURYTOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SOLIDAGO; TEPHRITIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032791619     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0102:FPOEGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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