| Title | Fox squirrel use of prairie habitats in relation to winter food supply and vegetation density |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1987 |
| Authors | Kraus, KE, Smith, CC |
| Journal | The Prairie Naturalist |
| Volume | 19 |
| Pagination | 115 -120 |
| Accession Number | KNZ00148 |
| Abstract | Our objective was to determine the distance from a forest into a prairie that fox squirrels, Sciurus niger, would go in search of black walnuts, Juglans nigra, that we buried in grids over forest-prairie transects. We found that both quantity of winter food and density of prairie vegetation affect the willingness of squirrels to enter dangerous prairie habitat to search for food |