Kluane Red Squirrel Project
Media Coverage of this paper:
Stan Boutin interview on Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald, CBC, December 2006 (link)
Squirrels smarter than trees. by Hanneke Brooymans, Edmonton Journal, December 2006 (link)
Red squirrels plan ahead for babies. by Ciara Curtin, Scientific American, December 2006 (link)
Squirrels accurately predict bumper harvests. by Roxanne Khamsi, NewScientist.com, December 2006 (link)
Squirrel smarts: In war between spruce, critter, bet on bushy tail. by Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal, January 2007
Red squirrels time babies to big crops. by Steve Lillebuen, Globe and Mail, December 2006
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Red squirrels increase reproductive output in anticipation of upcoming resource pulses, thereby eliminating the lag in consumer population growth normally present in communities where food resources are produced in pulses.
