Squirrel Middens Influence Marten Use of Subnivean Access Points

• Published in: American Midland Naturalist
• Main Author: Bissonette, John A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Hosted by Utah State University Libraries 1993
• Subjects: squirrel; middens; marten; subnivean; Access Point; Martes americana
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wild_facpub/1304; https://doi.org/10.2307/2426449

Martens (Martes americana) use the subnivean zone during winter to obtain prey. In Yellowstone National Park, we noted that martens used access holes differentially, and that a number of subnivean access holes were associated with red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) middens. In this paper we addr...