The effects of seed availability on habitat use by a specialist seed predator

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 585-595

  Di Pierro, Erica ^a,c   Ghisla, Anne ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^a   Molinari, Ambrogio ^a   Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Gurnell, John ^b   Tosi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eurasian red squirrel; Home range size; Norway spruce; Sciurus vulgaris; Silver fir

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 79956288667     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0469-7     Document Type: Article

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