Bison (Bison bison) Fur Used As Drey Material by Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus): An Indication of Ecological Restoration

Jung, Thomas S.; Kukka, Piia M.; Milani, Angela

doi:10.1898/nwn09-14.1

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“…Clearly, targetted research is needed to assess the effects of ungulate disturbance of snow cover on small mammals. Our observation, in addition to others (e.g., Soper 1941;Matlack et al 2001;Weickert et al 2001;Jung et al 2010Jung et al , 2019, increases understanding of interactions between Bison and small mammals. This observation illustrates ecological interactions that may result from restoring Bison to their native range (Sanderson et al 2008).…”

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“…Most of the few studies investigating these relations have focussed on the impact of ungulate grazing on the size of small mammal populations (e.g., Hayward et al 1997;Keesing 1998;Matlack et al 2001;Weickert et al 2001;Torre et al 2007) or the composition of small mammal communities (e.g., Muck and Zeller 2006;Saetnan and Skarpe 2006;Parsons et al 2013). Other ecological interactions between ungulates and small mammals and those from biomes other than grassland, savannah, or temperate forests are less known (but see Keesing and Crawford 2001;McCauley et al 2008;Jung et al 2010Jung et al , 2019Navarro-Castilla et al 2017).…”

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2020

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The objectives of this Club shall be to promote the appreciation, preservation, and conservation of Canada's natural heritage; to encourage investigation and publish the results of research in all fields of natural history and to diffuse information on these fields as widely as possible; to support and cooperate with organizations engaged in preserving, maintaining, or restoring environments of high quality for living things.

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2020

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“…Laursen et al (2003) noted that in Alaska, northern flying squirrels and North American red squirrels hollowed out witches’ brooms that were produced by spruce broom rust or yellow witches’ broom rust ( Chrysomyxa arcotostaphyli ); the squirrels then used these cavities to raise their young and cache dried mycorrhizal fungi (both epigeous and hypogeous species). Jung et al (2010) noted that North American red squirrels also used witches’ brooms as nests, lining them with American bison ( Bison bison ) hair and storing dried fungi for the winter. Vernes & Poirier (2007) noted that a North American red squirrel filled a robin nest with more than 50 dried sporocarps from the hypogeous genus Elaphomyces ( Fig.…”

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Mammalian Mycophagy: a Global Review of Ecosystem Interactions Between Mammals and Fungi

Elliott

Truong

Jackson

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Fungal Systematics and Evolution

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The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely studied. In this review, we compile 1 154 references published over the last 146 years and provide the first comprehensive global review of mammal species known to eat fungi (508 species in 15 orders). We review experimental studies that found viable fungal inoculum in the scats of at least 40 mammal species, including spores from at least 58 mycorrhizal fungal species that remained viable after ingestion by mammals. We provide a summary of mammal behaviours relating to the consumption of fungi, the nutritional importance of fungi for mammals, and the role of mammals in fungal spore dispersal. We also provide evidence to suggest that the morphological evolution of sequestrate fungal sporocarps (fruiting bodies) has likely been driven in part by the dispersal advantages provided by mammals. Finally, we demonstrate how these interconnected associations are widespread globally and have far-reaching ecological implications for mammals, fungi and associated plants in most terrestrial ecosystems.

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Bison (<i>Bison bison</i>) activity fragments subnivean tunnels of small mammals

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Drummond

Harms

2020

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Ecological interactions between ungulates and small mammals are generally not well understood. Here, we report an observation of unusually extensive small mammal (likely Meadow Vole [Microtus pennsylvanicus] or Tundra Vole [Microtus oeconomus]) tracks above the snow, exiting from trails and bed sites created by Bison (Bison bison) in northern Canada. We believe that weather and snow conditions were optimal for this observation. Although alteration of above-snow activity of small mammals in response to snow compaction by ungulates is probably not a rare event, it is not often reported. The effect on voles of exiting their subnivean tunnels as a result of Bison activity is unclear, but may be detrimental to their overwinter survival. Ungulate activity compacts snow, fragmenting small mammal tunnels resulting in loss of their insulative value for voles, and making it harder for them to dig new tunnels. Clearly, determining the effect of snow disturbance by gregarious ungulates on voles or other microtines, particularly regarding their overwinter survival, requires detailed investigation. Nevertheless, this observation provides new information on the ecological interactions between ungulates and small mammals, particularly from the boreal forest, where such information is largely lacking.

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Bison (Bison bison) Fur Used As Drey Material by Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus): An Indication of Ecological Restoration

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Bison (<i>Bison bison</i>) activity fragments subnivean tunnels of small mammals

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