Diets of sympatric populations of American martens (Martes americana) and fishers (Martes pennanti) in California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 470-477

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Duncan, Neil P ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Feces; Fisher; Food habits; Foraging; Marten; Martes americana; Martes pennanti; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELINAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642535369     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0470:DOSPOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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