Caching decisions by grey squirrels: a test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses
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Seed perishability and handling time play an important role in the caching preferences of grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. Perishability is the main factor that overrides other factors in influencing caching decisions. Perishability of food is a more important than handling time in animals that store food for a long period of time. Handling time is more important in case of animals that store food for a short period and deal with less perishable food.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks
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Studies on both wild-caught and captive-reared Sciurus carolinensis eastern grey squirrels show that squirrels adapt acorn hoarding behavior in response to oak tree conditions. Specific data regarding oak tree species and dormant and nondormant oak acorns are provided.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Male behavioural maturation rate responds to selection on pollen hoarding in honeybees
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Research on honeybee colonies shows that drones participate in pollen-hoarding behavior. Implications for flight initiation, evolution, and phenotypic variability are discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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