Fungi in the diets of northern flying squirrels and lodgepole chipmunks in the Sierra Nevada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1581-1589

  Meyer, Marc D ^a   North, Malcolm P ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

FLYING SQUIRRELS; GASTROBOLETUS; LODGEPOLE CHIPMUNKS; MIXED-CONIFER FOREST;

FUNGI;

DIET; FUNGUS; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; GASTROBOLETUS; GAUTIERIA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS SPECIOSUS;

EID: 33144471907     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-156     Document Type: Article

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