The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: Evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Steele, Michael A ^a   Manierre, Steve ^a   Genna, Theresa ^a   Contreras, Thomas A ^a   Smallwood, Peter D ^b   Pereira, Michael E ^c  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c Latin School of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CACHING; EMBRYO; RODENT;

ERYTHROBALANUS; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 29444443636     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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