Decline of flying and red squirrels in boreal forests revealed by long-term diet analyses of avian predators

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Selonen, V ^a   Sulkava, P ^b   Sulkava, R ^b   Sulkava, S ^b   Korpimaki E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Conservation of forest dwelling species; Owl; Predator prey; Raptor

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; GLAUCOMYS; MURIDAE; PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; RAPTORES; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX URALENSIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 78650162524     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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