Food Habits, Activity Patterns and Ectoparasites of the Pine Marten at Sagehen Creek, California

MASTERS THESIS: There were 3 objectives to this study: the primary goal was to describe the diet and activity patterns of the pine marten prior to a timber harvest in the study area. Secondarily, several methods of scat analysis methods were compared and tested for their relative accuracty. Finally,...

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Main Authors: Sagehen Creek Field Station, University of California Natural Reserve System, William James Zielinski
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
Subjects:
Sagehen Creek Basin
Sierran pine marten
fleas
plague
Martes americana sierrae
Yersinia pestis
Martes americana
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5063/AA/nrs.679.1
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Summary:MASTERS THESIS: There were 3 objectives to this study: the primary goal was to describe the diet and activity patterns of the pine marten prior to a timber harvest in the study area. Secondarily, several methods of scat analysis methods were compared and tested for their relative accuracty. Finally, marten ectoparasites were surveyed and the role of the fleas (Siphonaptera) in the transmission of plague (Yersinia pestis) to martens was explored.

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