Relating red squirrel body size to different conifer cone morphologies within the same geographic location

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 220-225

  Wheatley, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Cone serotiny; Lodgepole pine; Red squirrels; Tamiasciurus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEVOLUTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SIZE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 33847609241     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-106R1.1     Document Type: Article

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