Interactions between food chemistry and predation risk in fox squirrels

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2077-2085

  Schmidt, K A ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive toxins; Diet choice; Digestibility reducers; Fox squirrel; Oxalic acid; Plant animal interactions; Predation risk; Resource depletion; Sciurus niger; Secondary compounds; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANT DEFENSE; PREDATION RISK;

EID: 0033856190     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2077:IBFCAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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