Food habits of the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) in Oregon
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 63 (5) , 1084-1088
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-162
Abstract
Digestive tracts of 91 northern flying squirrels (G. sabrinus) were analyzed for food items; 28 were from north-western Oregon and 63 from northeastern Oregon. Of the ingested materials .apprx. 90% were fungi and lichens, including 20 genera of hypogeous fungi. The northern flying squirrel, in using hypogeous fungi as a major food source, is an important nocturnal disperser of the spores. In Oregon coniferous forests, these fungi are obligatory ectomycorrhizal symbionts with the trees in which the squirrels live.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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