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Grey squirrels nick reds' nuts

Food theft may be starving red squirrels.

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  1. Wauters, L. A., Tosi, G. & Gurnell, J. Interspecific competition in tree squirrels: do introduced grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) deplete tree seeds hoarded by red squirrels (S. vulgaris) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, (2002).

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Gewin, V. Grey squirrels nick reds' nuts. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020204-5

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