Determinants of seed removal distance by scatter-hoarding rodents in deciduous forests.

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Jeffrey E Moore,Amy B McEuen,Robert K Swihart,Thomas A Contreras,Michael A Steele,Jeffrey E Moore,Amy B McEuen,Robert K Swihart,Thomas A Contreras,Michael A Steele,

Scatter-hoarding rodents should space food caches to maximize cache recovery rate (to minimize loss to pilferers) relative to the energetic cost of carrying food items greater distances. Optimization models of cache spacing make two predictions. First, spacing of caches should be greater for food items with greater energy content. Second, the mean distance between caches should increase with food abundance. However, the latter prediction fails to account for the effect of food abundance on the behavior of potential pilferers or on the ability of caching individuals to acquire food by means other than recovering their own caches. When considering these factors, shorter cache distances may be predicted in conditions of higher food abundance. We predicted that seed caching distances would be greater for food items of higher energy content and during lower ambient food abundance and that the effect of seed type on cache distance variation would be lower during higher food abundance. We recorded distances moved for 8636 seeds of five seed types at 15 locations in three forested sites in Pennsylvania, USA, and 29 forest fragments in Indiana, U.S.A., across five different years. Seed production was poor in three years and high in two years. Consistent with previous studies, seeds with greater energy content were moved farther than less profitable food items. Seeds were dispersed less far in seed-rich years than in seed-poor years, contrary to predictions of conventional models. Interactions were important, with seed type effects more evident in seed-poor years. These results suggest that, when food is superabundant, optimal cache distances are more strongly determined by minimizing energy cost of caching than by minimizing pilfering rates and that cache loss rates may be more strongly density-dependent in times of low seed abundance.

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JE Moore,AB McEuen,RK Swihart,TA Contreras,MA Steele,JE Moore,AB McEuen,RK Swihart,TA Contreras,MA Steele,

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Journal: Ecology

VOLUME: 88

Page Numbers: 2529-40

Journal Abbreviation: Ecology

ISSN: 0012-9658

DAY: 21

MONTH: Oct

YEAR: 2007

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