Linking intraspecific variation in territory size, cone supply, and survival of North American red squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1048-1058

  Lamontagne, Jalene M ^a   Williams, Cory T ^b   Donald, Jenna L ^b   Humphries, Murray M ^c   McAdam, Andrew G ^d   Boutin, Stan ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

food hoard; red squirrels; resource distribution; seed masting; spatial heterogeneity; survival; territoriality

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RODENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84885931856     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-245.1     Document Type: Article

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