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Behavioural differences between surviving and depredated juvenile red squirrels

A. Kari Stuart–SmithDepartment of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
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Stan BoutinDepartment of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
Pages 34-40 | Received 01 Jun 1994, Accepted 14 Nov 1994, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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