Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5807, 2006, Pages 1928-1930

  Boutin, Stan ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^b   McAdam, Andrew G ^c   Humphries, Murray M ^d   Tosi, Guido ^b   Dhondt, André A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

POPULATION LAG; RESOURCE PULSES; SEED PREDATORS;

CROPS;

CROP PRODUCTION; MASTING; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MAST SEEDLING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ITALY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES; YUKON TERRITORY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM CROPS; PLANTS; TREES;

SCIURUS;

EID: 33845906390     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135520     Document Type: Article

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