The efficacy of conifer seeds as major food resources to deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and southern red-backed voles (Myodes gapperi)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-284

  Lobo, Nikhil ^a   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Conifer; Diet; Myodes gapperi; Peromyscus maniculatus

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PROTEIN; RODENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SURVIVAL;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; MURIDAE; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953163826     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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