Fall and winter diet of Martens, Martes americana, in central Labrador related to small mammal densities

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 678-680

  Simon, Neal P P ^a   Schwab, Francis E ^a   Lecoure, Marcel I ^b   Pmmps, Frank R ^c  

^a GIS Applications Specialist   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c Station B   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Marten; Food habits; Labrador; Martes americana; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

DIET; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

CANADA;

AVES; CARNIVORA; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANA; MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033369333     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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