Linking summer foraging to winter survival in yellow pine chipmunks (Tamias amoenus)

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Kuhn, Kellie M ^a,b   Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Larder hoarding; Scatter hoarding; Tamias amoenus; Time activity patterns; Winter larder contents

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SUMMER; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

PINUS JEFFREYI; TAMIAS AMOENUS;

EID: 48149112297     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1072-4     Document Type: Article

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