The energetics of autumn mast hoarding in eastern chipmunks

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-37

  Humphries, Murray M ^a,b,d   Thomas, Donald W ^b   Hall, Carolyn L ^a   Speakman, John R ^c   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetics; Food hoarding; Forest ecology; Hibernation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CACHING; HIBERNATION; MASTING; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

RODENTIA; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036943784     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1014-5     Document Type: Article

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