Winter Habitat Choice by Foraging the Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

摘要: The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is an arboreal species, relatively common in mixed, deciduous and coniferous forests urban parks. From autumn to early spring the main diet of squirrels seeds closed conifer cones. In this study, we investigated characteristics a habitat western Poland where were feeding on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Understory cover, number tree distance open area, nearest great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) anvil, size ten randomly selected trees measured 70 transects. We used binary logistic regression test which forest parameters affected presence signs squirrels. Feeding found from sites close edges with less understory higher tree-species richness larger trees. Red did not avoid anvils. conclude that stand structure import...