Red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) feeding on spruce bark beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis): Energetic and ecological implications

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 909-914

  Pretzlaw, Troy ^a   Trudeau, Caroline ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^a   LaMontagne, Jalene M ^b   Boutin, Stan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone failure; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Omnivory; Optimal foraging theory; Prey image; Prey switching; Red squirrel; Spruce beetle; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; LARVA; MONITORING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEED;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; SCIURIDAE; SCOLYTINAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 33750387318     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-310R1.1     Document Type: Article

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