Intraspecific cache pilferage by larder-hoarding red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1013-1020

  Donald, Jenna L ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

food cache; kleptoparasitism; larder hoarding; midden; pilfering; red squirrels; stealing

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; TERRITORY;

CANADA;

MAMMALIA; PICEA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 80054733614     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-340.1     Document Type: Article

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