Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana )
Digestive tracts from 701 marten (Martes americana) of known sex and age taken during the 1983–1986 fur harvests were used to determine winter diet of marten from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Small mammals, deer, birds, and salmonid fish were the major food items. Marten exploited nine specie...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z89-198 2023-12-17T10:33:18+01:00 Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) Nagorsen, David W. Morrison, Karen F. Forsberg, Joan E. 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-198 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-198 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 67, issue 6, page 1394-1400 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1989 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z89-198 2023-11-19T13:38:32Z Digestive tracts from 701 marten (Martes americana) of known sex and age taken during the 1983–1986 fur harvests were used to determine winter diet of marten from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Small mammals, deer, birds, and salmonid fish were the major food items. Marten exploited nine species of small mammals including four introduced species, but more than 50% of the small mammal prey were deer mice (Peromyscus spp.). We attributed most deer remains to carrion. Avian prey was primarily small passerine and piciform species with Winter Wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes) accounting for about 40% of the identifiable bird remains. Salmon remains were from bait consumption and fish exploited during the spawning runs. Although minor intersexual variation in diet was evident with females consuming more small mammals and small birds, dietary overlap between sexes was pronounced in this insular population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Martes americana Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Zoology 67 6 1394 1400 |
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Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nagorsen, David W. Morrison, Karen F. Forsberg, Joan E. Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) |
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Digestive tracts from 701 marten (Martes americana) of known sex and age taken during the 1983–1986 fur harvests were used to determine winter diet of marten from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Small mammals, deer, birds, and salmonid fish were the major food items. Marten exploited nine species of small mammals including four introduced species, but more than 50% of the small mammal prey were deer mice (Peromyscus spp.). We attributed most deer remains to carrion. Avian prey was primarily small passerine and piciform species with Winter Wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes) accounting for about 40% of the identifiable bird remains. Salmon remains were from bait consumption and fish exploited during the spawning runs. Although minor intersexual variation in diet was evident with females consuming more small mammals and small birds, dietary overlap between sexes was pronounced in this insular population. |
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Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) |
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Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) |
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Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) |
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Winter diet of Vancouver Island marten ( Martes americana ) |
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