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gel. 7 °" % _ ?! b ? average we,ght in December for adult male fox squirrels was 
in 7 ? ? N 7 6) ; " P 7 11 waS 763 ' 4 9 < N “ 8). The average loss was 91 3 q 
I 0. 7 percent. Area B, the control area, had a decrease of 7.8 percent in the 9 
S || 9 3 I % !*MTiorfr T'Th' 5 ’ avera 9 1 n 9 8JI.I g (N - 3 ) in December and 
, 9 J" " 7) Apri !■ F ° r the same animals caught in both December and 
April, the percentage of weight loss was a little smaller on Area A, 90.0 q 
(10.6 percent, N = 5), than on Area B, 101.8 g (11.4 percent, N = 3) The^e 
were no s,gn ficant differences in the weights of adult male'fox sqiirrlu be¬ 
tween Areas A and B in December nor on Area B between December andVril. How¬ 
ever, a significant difference (P^O.OOI) in weight loss did occur on Area A 
between December and April, and the differences in the April weights between 
the two areas approached the 5 percent level of significance, with the average 
w ights on the control area being higher. These differences may be partially 
A?eaTtn ' ^ = ^ f °* S9uirre ' s 
Weight declines also occurred in adult female fox squirrels. On Area A 
the average loss was 6 3 .1 g or 7-4 percent. However, five of the six adult 
females caught , n April were lactating. On Area B, ihe average loss was l^.l 
? , ' 7 P r ^ ent > less than on Area A, probably because only two of the four 
females caught in Apr.1 on B were lactating and one was in heat. There were 
B in'np'^K deferences between the weights of adult females on Areas A and 
B in December nor on Area B between December and April. However, a significant 
loss did occur on Area A between December and April (P<0.05), and the^dult 
(pT^OOl). B WSre Si9nificantly he3Wer than Area A In AprM 
In other sex- and age-classes, tests where sample sizes were Jarqe enouah 
for comparison yielded no significant differences between squirrels on the 9 
same areas ,n December and April nor between areas during the same 1th Fe- 
aria S fOX w!- U ht re f S subadul t-year] i ng group varied similarly on the two 
areas. Weights for three animals on Area A declined 0.9 percent between 
5“ whereas three animais ° n Area 6 ^^ 
varied°from f lnp ^ Squ ' rre,s ca P, tured were on Area A. The adult male class 
crease of 3 4 °tu 547 '° 9 (N = D to 550.4 g (N = 2), an in- 
of 566 2 <WN - o’ - P n rcer, k ‘ THe adult female 9 rou P varied from an average 
n 9 L 5) ' n D f ember to 529-5 9 (N = 7) in April. The average loss 
3 *7 g ( *5 percent), but six of the seven females caught in April were 
! 5 a !u nq and the other was pregnant. Five female gray squirrels were caught 
in bo ^December and April. Their weights decreased 7^6 percent fr^De^ember 
Subadult gray squirrels trapped on Area A did not lose 
gray squirrels averaged an increase of 10.8 percent between 
and one subadult female maintained the same weight. 
weight. Three male 
December an d April 
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