Should diet be based on biomass? Importance of larger prey to the American marten

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1125-1130

  Cumberland, Roderick E ^a   Dempsey, Jeff A ^a   Forbes, Graham J ^a  

^a Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

American marten; Energetics; Food habits; Foraging; Martes americana; New Brunswick

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY;

CANADA;

ARVICOLINAE; BONASA UMBELLUS; CANACHITES CANADENSIS; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MURINAE; MUSTELIDAE; PETAURISTINAE; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA; SCIURIDAE; SOREX; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035685480     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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