Behavioural responses to acorn germination by tree squirrels in an old forest where white oaks have long been extirpated

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 945-951

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a,b   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dremomys rufigenis; Embryo removal; Food perishability; Germination schedule; Predator prey interaction; Quercus; Scatter hoarding; Squirrel

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD SUPPLY; GERMINATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DREMOMYS RUFIGENIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 84862813495     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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