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Movement patterns, food availability, and fungal diets of sympatric flying squirrels in the Kawartha Highlands

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Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Persad, Rebekah, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Northern flying squirrels (NFS) are mycophagous specialists (fungi-dominated diet) thatmay be displaced with southern flying squirrel (SFS) range expansion, thereby limiting
fungal dispersal in forest communities. To understand the implications of squirrel
species turnover on mycophagy, we investigated the home ranges of both flying squirrel
species who are living in stable sympatry. We… more
Full Text: Movement patterns, food availability, and fungal diets of sympatric flying squirrels in the Kawartha Highlands A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …