Exclusive core areas and intrasexual territoriality in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) revealed by incremental cluster polygon analysis

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-542

  Pierro, Erica Di ^a   Molinari, Ambrogio ^a   Tosi, Guido ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core area overlap; Food abundance; Home ranges; Incremental cluster polygons; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HOME RANGE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING SUCCESS; NICHE OVERLAP; RANGE SIZE; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 43549127120     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0401-0     Document Type: Article

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