Cached fungi in non-native conifer forests and their importance for red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris L.)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 468-471

  Lurz, P W W ^a   South, A B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hoarding behaviour; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNGUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; RUSSULA OCHROLEUCA; RUSSULA VESCA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0032437763     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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