Seasonal diets of Newfoundland Martens, Martes americana atrata

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Gosse, John W ^a   Hearn, Brian J ^b  

^a Terra Nova National Park   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Food habits; Martes americana atrata; Meadow Voles; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Newfoundland Marten; Scat

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; LAGOMORPH; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

LEPUS AMERICANUS; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33746135670     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i1.79     Document Type: Article

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