The anatomy of a range expansion: Changes in cranial morphology and rates of energy extraction for North American red squirrels from different latitudes

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-44

  Goheen, Jacob R ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a   Robins, James H ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; CRANIUM; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LATITUDE; MORPHOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

CAROLINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037662941     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12407.x     Document Type: Article

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