Mycophagy by small mammals in the coniferous forests of North America: Nutritional value of sporocarps of Rhizopogon vinicolor, a common hypogeous fungus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-178

  Claridge, A W ^a,d   Trappe, J M ^a   Cork, S J ^b   Claridge, D L ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungi; Mycophagy; Nutrition; Squirrels; Voles

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; DRINKING; EATING; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARVICOLINAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; DRINKING; EATING; INTESTINES; NITROGEN; SCIURIDAE; TREES;

EID: 0033119778     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050208     Document Type: Article

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