A survey of the food habits of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Montgomery County, Virginia
| dc.contributor.author | Dudderar, Glenn R. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Wildlife Management | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-21T15:34:50Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-21T15:34:50Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1967 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The examination of one-hundred-thirteen gray squirrel stomachs collected throughout the year revealed a total of seventy-eight food items eaten. Only four, however, contributed more than half of the entire diet for any season. In the fall, hickory nuts (36%), fungi (26%), white oak acorns (12%), and black walnuts (10%) were the major foods. Red oak acorns (36%) and combinations of acorns, hickory nuts, and walnuts (22%) constituted most of the winter diet, followed by fungi (16%) and black walnuts (10%). Red oak acorns (26%) again headed the list for spring foods, along with a red oak-black walnut mixture (7%), elm buds and flowers (10%), and corn (9%). As a group, however, flowers composed 28% of the spring diet. Summer foods consisted primarily of herbaceous plants (24%), herbaceous buds (13%), hickory nuts (13%), and woody buds (10%). Of the aforementioned foods, hickory nuts, white oak acorns, and fungi were classified as preferred foods; red oak acorns and black walnuts were classified as staple foods, fruits, seeds, and herbaceous plants were classified as emergency or staple foods; buds were classified as emergency foods. Flowers were unclassifiable from the information at hand. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.format.extent | 72 leaves | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70499 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | en |
| dc.relation.isformatof | OCLC# 38221659 | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject.lcc | LD5655.V855 1967.D8 | en |
| dc.title | A survey of the food habits of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Montgomery County, Virginia | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Wildlife Management | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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