Evidence for selective caching by arctic ground squirrels living in alpine meadows in the Yukon

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-360

  Gillis, Elizabeth A ^a   Morrison, Shawn F ^b   Zazula, Grant D ^c   Hik, David S ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; Arctic ground squirrel; Food caching; Hoarding; Polygonum; Spermophilus parryii

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CACHING; FOOD PREFERENCE; MEADOW; RODENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM BISTORTA; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 31844445388     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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