The functional response of a hoarding seed predator to mast seeding

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2673-2683

  Fletcher, Quinn E ^a   Boutin, Stan ^b   Lane, Jeffrey E ^b,e   Lamontagne, Jalene M ^b,f   Mcadam, Andrew G ^c   Krebs, Charles J ^d   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Canada; Hoarding; Mast seeding; North american red squirrel; Picea glauca; Predator satiation hypothesis; Predator prey; Prey switching; Seed predation; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; White spruce; Yukon

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MASTING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCIURIDAE; SPRUCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PICEA; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956569101     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1816.1     Document Type: Article

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