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JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
卷 91, 期 1, 页码 79-91出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-014R.1
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clear-cuts; fecal analyses; fungi; old-growth forests; soil macroinvertebrates; Southeast Alaska; stable isotope analysis; truffles
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资金
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
- United States Forest Service
- E'arthwatch
- Deliver Zoological Foundation
- University of Wyoming
Where dispersal is energetically expensive, feeding and food avalability call influence dispersal success. The endemic Prince of Wales northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus grisetfrons) Inhabits a landscape mosaic of old-growth, 2nd-growth, and clear-cut stands, With the latter 2 representino energetically expensive habitats. We estimated the diet of flying squirrels using stable isotope and fecal analyses. determined whether food availability vanes among forest stands, and assessed the likelihood OF foraging across a managed landscape given the distribution of foods On Prince of Wales island (POW), Alaska. Both stable isotope and Fecal analyses C revealed that coriffer seeds, lichens, and fungi were the man dietary items consumed and assimilated by flying squirrels. Similarly, soil macroinvertebrates were consumed by squirrels, whereas berries were not Nonetheless, although examination of stable isotope data suggested that squirrels assimilated few nutrients from truffles, this food source was among the most frequent diet items in feces, probably because flying squrrels assimulate elements other than nitrogen from fungi. Our surveys showed that conifer seeds, truffles, and lichens were more prevalent in old-growth than 2nd-growth and clear-cut habitats. Thus, our results indicate that diet and availability of food items on POW may influence foraging success and dispersal movements of G sabrinus across fragmented landscapes because of limited availability of food resources in the managed habitats. DOI .10.1644/09-MAMM-A-014R1
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