Does interspecific competition with introduced grey squirrels affect foraging and food choice of Eurasian red squirrels?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1079-1091

  Wauters, Luc A ^a   Gurnell, John ^b   Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Tosi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT;

SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0034952011     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1703     Document Type: Article

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