Seasonal stage differences overwhelm environmental and individual factors as determinants of energy expenditure in free-ranging red squirrels

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-687

  Fletcher, Quinn E ^a,b   Speakman, John R ^b   Boutin, Stan ^c   Mcadam, Andrew G ^d   Woods, Sarah B ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Doubly labelled water; Energetics; Food hoarding; Lactation; Resource availability; Sciuridae; Thermoregulation; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LACTATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; THERMOREGULATION;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 84861234056     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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