Reproductive phenology of a food-hoarding mast-seed consumer: Resource- and density-dependent benefits of early breeding in red squirrels

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 777-788

  Williams, Cory T ^a,d   Lane, Jeffrey E ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^b   McAdam, Andrew G ^c   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Hoarding; Mast seeding; North American red squirrel; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD SELECTION; MASTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

CONIFEROPHYTA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SPRUCE; TREE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PICEA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS; TREES; WEANING;

EID: 84897636834     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2826-1     Document Type: Article

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