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- Title
WATER CONSUMPTION BY RED TREE VOLES (ARBORIMUS LONGICAUDLIS).
- Authors
FORSMAN, ERIC D.; PRICE, AMY L.
- Abstract
We studied consumption of free water by a sample of 7 Red Tree Voles (Arborimus longicaudus) maintained in captivity on a natural diet of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) foliage. Mean consumption of free water by individual voles was 0.016 ± 0.001 ml/g/d, which is much lower than has been reported for most other species of voles. The small amount of free water consumed per day suggests that Tree Voles need little access to free water and can obtain nearly all of their water from their diet of conifer needles, which is low in caloric value but high in water content.
- Subjects
RED tree vole; DOUGLAS fir; WATER consumption; TREE voles; VOLES
- Publication
Northwestern Naturalist, 2011, Vol 92, Issue 2, p116
- ISSN
1051-1733
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1898/10-28.1