Sex-specific hoarding behavior in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 761-770

  Archibald, Devan W ^a   Fletcher, Quinn E ^a   Boutin, Stan ^b   McAdam, Andrew G ^c   Speakman, John R ^d   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavior; energetics; intraspecific variation; lactation; larder hoarding; scatter hoarding

Indexed keywords

CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LACTATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84883128017     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-213.1     Document Type: Article

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