Interspecific competition between native Eurasian red squirrels and alien grey squirrels: Does resource partitioning occur?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-341

  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

Activity pattern; Exclusion competition; Resource partitioning; S. carolinensis; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; RODENT;

CAROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0036765193     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0516-9     Document Type: Article

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