Frequency-dependent selection by tree squirrels: Adaptive escape of nondormant white oaks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Gao, Xu ^a,b   Steele, Michael A ^c   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral preference; Dispersal success; Frequency dependent selection; Oak squirrel system; Predator prey dynamics; Seed germination dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GERMINATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; SELECTION;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS ALIENA; QUERCUS SERRATA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROTAMIAS DAVIDIANUS; SCIURUS; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 72649084452     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp169     Document Type: Article

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