Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed beech (Nothofagus) forest

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dc.contributor.authorCochrane, C.H.
dc.contributor.authorNorton, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, C.J.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, R.B.
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-08T23:01:37Z
dc.date.available2008-07-08T23:01:37Z
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractWe quantified brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a mixed Nothofagus fusca-N. menziesii forest in north Westland. Diet comprised 49 food items of which four (Aristotelia serrata, Muehlenbeckia australis and Weinmannia racemosa foliage, and W. racemosa flowers) contributed 68%. The canopy dominant Nothofagus species were a minor diet component (<1%), while wood, fungi and bark were a small but consistent part of diet (10.1%). Our results are similar to previous possum diet studies in Nothofagus forests and suggest that possums are very selective in their feeding, both spatially and temporally, focusing on key preferred species in particular parts of the forest and taking advantage of different food types that become available at different times of the year. beech foresten
dc.identifier.citationCochrane, C.H., Norton, D.A., Miller, C.J., Allen, R.B. (2003) Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed beech (Nothofagus) forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 27, pp. 61-65.en
dc.identifier.issn0110-6465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/721
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Forestry.en
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectbeech foresten
dc.subjectbrushtail possumen
dc.subjectherbivoresen
dc.subjectinvasive speciesen
dc.subjectNew Zealanden
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::270000 Biological Sciences::270500 Zoology::270599 Zoology not elsewhere classifieden
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences::300600 Forestry Sciences::300603 Pests, health and diseasesen
dc.titleBrushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed beech (Nothofagus) foresten
dc.typeJournal Article
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