Eastern fox squirrel

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Cache large cones for winter food; major seed disperser

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Primary seed dispersal and consumption Sep-Mar; critical mast crop resource

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Acorn caching and consumption Sep-Nov; important seed disperser and energy source for overwintering

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Utilizes cavities and dense canopy for den sites and shelter year-round

annual

Fall seed caching; important food source for cache-building behavior

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Acorn caching and consumption, primary fall food source

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Cache pine seeds; cones of Pinus attenuata are serotinous but provide seasonal seed resource

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Where introduced in CA; fall foraging for caching

perennial herb

Cache seeds in fall when available from mature plants

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acorn cache harvesting and consumption August-February

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Acorn caching and consumption, September through winter

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Late summer/early fall mast collection and consumption Jul-Sep