Do scatter hoarders trade off increased predation risks for lower rates of cache pilferage?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 206-215

  Steele, Michael A ^a   Contreras, Thomas A ^a,e   Hadj Chikh, Leila Z ^a,b   Agosta, Salvatore J ^c   Smallwood, Peter D ^d   Tomlinson, Chioma N ^a,f  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Food hoarding; Habitat structure hypothesis; Pilfering; Scatter hoarding; Sciurus carolinensis; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CACHING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GRANIVORY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84890690922     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art107     Document Type: Article

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