Biogeographical variation in the diet of Holarctic martens (genus Martes, Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae): Adaptive foraging in generalists

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-147

  Zhou, You Bing ^a,b   Newman, Chris ^c   Xu, Wen Ting ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^c   Zalewski, Andrzej ^d   Kaneko, Yayoi ^e   Macdonald, David W ^c   Xie, Zong Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive foraging; Climate; Fruit availability; Generalist; Holarctic region; Latitudinal patterns; Martens; Martes; Opportunistic feeder; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOLARCTIC REGION; MUSTELID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CARNIVORA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MUSTELIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649982642     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02396.x     Document Type: Article

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