Interrelationships among northern flying squirrels, truffles, and microhabitat structure in Sierra Nevada old-growth habitat

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1016-1024

  Pyare, Sanjay ^a,c   Longland, William S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Denver Zoological Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FUNGI; SAMPLING; SOILS;

NESTING SITES;

FORESTRY;

FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNGUS; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PETAURISTINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 0036445326     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-002     Document Type: Article

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