Anticipation and tracking of pulsed resources drive population dynamics in eastern chipmunks

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2027-2034

  Bergeron, Patrick ^a   Réale, Denis ^b   Humphries, Murray M ^c   Garant, Dany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American beech; Anticipatory reproduction; Capture mark recapture; Eastern chipmunk; Fagus grandifolia; Life history trade offs; Masting; Reproduction skipping; Resource tracking; Resource consumer interactions; Tamias striatus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEECH; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 80054803780     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0766.1     Document Type: Article

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