Faculty Research and Publications

Smallwood, Peter
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Related Keyword(s): behavioral ecology, long-jawed spiders, squirrels, small vertebrates, population biology

Books and Other Published Works: (Underlined records provide link to library catalog or online link)

The Ecology of Tree Squirrels

Article - "The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioral adaptations to the oaks," in Animal Behaviour v. 71 (2006)

Article - "Body condition and mate choice in Tetragnatha elongata (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)," in Journal of Arachnology v. 30 (2002)

Article - "Cache management by small mammals: Experimental evidence for the significance of acorn-embryo excision," in Journal of Mammalogy v. 82 (2001)

Article - "Testing for the effects of animal-mediated dispersal of acorns on the distribution of oak seedlings: surprising initial results," in American Zoologist v. 41 (2001)

Article - "An integrative approach to the study of plant-animal interactions," in American Zoologist v. 41 (2001)

Article - "The proximate basis of the oak dispersal syndrome: Detection of seed dormancy by rodents," in American Zoologist v. 41 (2001)

Article - "The ultimate basis of the caching preferences of rodents, and the oak-dispersal syndrome: Tannins, insects, sed germination," in American Zoologist v. 41 (2001)

Article - "Seasonal shifts in sex ratios of fledgling American kestrels (Falco sparverius paulus): The early bird hypothesis," in Evolutionary Ecology v. 12 (1998)

Article - "Caching decision by grey squirrels: A test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses," in Animal Behaviour v. 52 (1996)

Article - "An introduction to risk sensitivity: The use of Jensen's inequality to clarify evolutionary arguments of adaptation and constraint," in American Zoologist v. 36 (1996)

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