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Do scatter hoarders trade off increased predation risks for lower rates of cache pilferage? by Steele, M. A., Contreras, T. A., Hadj-Chikh, L. Z., Agosta, S. J., Smallwood, P. D., Tomlinson, C. N.

“…Scatter hoarding is a common food-hoarding strategy of many granivores, known to significantly contribute to seed dispersal. Models of scatter hoarding…”
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Effects of urbanization on the population structure of freshwater turtles across the United States by Bowne, David R., Cosentino, Bradley J., Anderson, Laurel J., Bloch, Christopher P., Cooke, Sandra, Crumrine, Patrick W., Dallas, Jason, Doran, Alexandra, Dosch, Jerald J., Druckenbrod, Daniel L., Durtsche, Richard D., Garneau, Danielle, Genet, Kristen S., Fredericksen, Todd S., Kish, Peter A., Kolozsvary, Mary Beth, Kuserk, Frank T., Lindquist, Erin S., Mankiewicz, Carol, March, James G., Muir, Timothy J., Murray, K. Greg, Santulli, Madeline N., Sicignano, Frank J., Smallwood, Peter D., Urban, Rebecca A., Winnett-Murray, Kathy, Zimmermann, Craig R.

“…Landscape-scale alterations that accompany urbanization may negatively affect the population structure of wildlife species such as freshwater turtles. Changes…”
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Cache protection strategies of a scatter-hoarding rodent: do tree squirrels engage in behavioural deception? by Steele, Michael A., Halkin, Sylvia L., Smallwood, Peter D., McKenna, Thomas J., Mitsopoulos, Katerina, Beam, Matthew

“…Behavioural deception has been studied experimentally primarily in captive-raised primates and corvids, and only in a laboratory setting. Here we show that…”
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The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks by Steele, Michael A., Manierre, Steve, Genna, Theresa, Contreras, Thomas A., Smallwood, Peter D., Pereira, Michael E.

“…Rodents selectively cache acorns of red oak species (subgenus Erythrobalanus; RO) over those of white oaks (subgenus Quercus; WO) because of perishability of…”
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The Ultimate Basis of the Caching Preferences of Rodents, and the Oak-Dispersal Syndrome: Tannins, Insects, and Seed Germination by Smallwood, Peter D., Steele, Michael A., Faeth, Stanley H.

“…We have shown that eastern gray squirrels and other animals consistently prefer to store intact acorns from the red oak group rather than those from the white…”
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The Proximate Basis of the Oak Dispersal Syndrome: Detection of Seed Dormancy by Rodents by Steele, Michael A., Smallwood, Peter D., Spunar, Albert, Nelsen, Elise

“…Previously we have shown how a range of physical and chemical characteristics of acorns influences the behavioral decisions of food-hoarding rodents which in…”
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CACHE MANAGEMENT BY SMALL MAMMALS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACORN-EMBRYO EXCISION by Steele, Michael A., Turner, Gregory, Smallwood, Peter D., Wolff, Jerry O., Radillo, Juan

“…We conducted 2 field experiments to assess relative importance of acorn-embryo excision in the caching decisions of small mammals. In the 1st, we selectively…”
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Caching decisions by grey squirrels: a test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses by HADJ-CHIKH, LEILA Z., STEELE, MICHAEL A., SMALLWOOD, PETER D.

“…This study was designed to investigate the relative effects of seed perishability and handling time on the caching preferences of grey squirrels, Sciurus…”
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An Introduction to Risk Sensitivity: The Use of Jensen's Inequality to Clarify Evolutionary Arguments of Adaptation and Constraint by Smallwood, Peter D.

“…I review the basic rationale for risk-sensitive foraging, and present a few of the most common expressions of risk-sensitivity theory. A simple heuristic, the…”
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An Integrative Approach to the Study of Plant-Animal Interactions by Smallwood, Peter D.

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Seasonal shifts in sex ratios of fledgling American kestrels (Falco sparverius paulus): The Early Bird Hypothesis by Smallwood, Peter D., Smallwood, John a.

“…We document a seasonal shift in the sex ratios of broods produced by resident southeastern American kestrels (Falco sparverius paulus) breeding in nest boxes…”
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An Integrative Approach to the Study of Plant-Animal Interactions1 by Smallwood, Peter D

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Web-site tenure in the long-jawed spider: Is it risk-sensitive foraging, or conspecific interactions? by Smallwood, Peter D.

“…Long-jawed spiders (Tetragnatha elongata) present a paradox to behavioral ecologists, because spiders in prey-rich habitats move to new web sites almost every…”
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CACHE MANAGEMENT BY SMALL MAMMALS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACORN-EMBRYO EXCISION by Steele, Michael A., Turner, Gregory, Smallwood, Peter D., Wolff, Jerry O., Radillo, Juan

“…We conducted 2 field experiments to assess relative importance of acorn-embryo excision in the caching decisions of small mammals. In the 1st, we selectively…”
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Wildlife Conservation…in Afghanistan? by Smallwood, Peter, Shank, Chris, Dehgan, Alex, Zahler, Peter

“…[...] conservation projects in the Congo, Southern Sudan, and many other conflict zones are being used to develop civil society and sustainable economic…”
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Grey Squirrel Food Preferences: The Effects of Tannin and Fat Concentration by Smallwood, Peter D., Wm. David Peters

“…Both tannin and fat concentration in acorns have been postulated to affect squirrel preferences and foraging strategy. Our study directly tests the effects of…”
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The Proximate Basis of the Oak Dispersal Syndrome: Detection of Seed Dormancy by Rodents1 by Steele, Michael A, Smallwood, Peter D, Spunar, Albert, Nelsen, Elise

“…Previously we have shown how a range of physical and chemical characteristics of acorns influences the behavioral decisions of food-hoarding rodents which in…”
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The Ultimate Basis of the Caching Preferences of Rodents, and the Oak-Dispersal Syndrome: Tannins, Insects, and Seed Germination1 by Smallwood, Peter D, Steele, Michael A, Faeth, Stanley H

“…We have shown that eastern gray squirrels and other animals consistently prefer to store intact acorns from the red oak group rather than those from the white…”
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Risk Sensitivity in Behavior: Where Are We Now? Introduction to the Symposium by Smallwood, Peter D., Cartar, Ralph V.

“…Risk-sensitive behavior is the phenomenon of animals exhibiting preferences when offered choices whose outcomes differ in their degree of variance. It is now…”
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Risk-Sensitive Behavior: Where Do We Go from Here? by Cartar, Ralph V., Smallwood, Peter D.

“…Risk sensitivity applies to a wide diversity of phenomena: from foraging, to reproduction, to habitat choice, to social behavior. Many more phenomena, such as…”
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