Seasonal and yearly changes in consumption of hypogeous fungi by northern flying squirrels and red squirrels in old-growth forest, New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-117

  Vernes, Karl ^a,b   Blois, Shauna ^a   Bärlocher, Felix ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; NUTRITION; SAMPLING;

FOOD RESOURCES; HYPOGEOUS TAXA; MIXEDWOOD FORESTS; SEASONAL CONSUMPTION;

ECOLOGY;

DIET; MYCOPHAGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; FUNDY NATIONAL PARK; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PETAURISTINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442526571     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-224     Document Type: Article

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