Competition between Eurasian red and introduced eastern grey squirrels: The energetic significance of body-mass differences

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1477, 2001, Pages 1731-1736

  Bryce, J M ^a   Speakman, J R ^a   Johnson, P J ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; Conservation; Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Grey squirrel; Red squirrel

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ENERGY USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0035934192     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1700     Document Type: Article

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