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Titre :	Characteristics of sap trees used by yellow-bellied gliders in southern Queensland
Auteurs :	T. J. Eyre, Auteur ; R. L. Goldingay, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (32(1) 2005)
Article en page(s) :	23-35
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	An extensive survey was conducted to locate sap trees used by the yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) throughout the forests and woodlands of southern Queensland, across an area of 43.7 million hectares. We recorded the characteristics of 478 sap trees located at 109 of 297 sites surveyed. Only 13 tree species were selected by gliders for sap feeding throughout the study region, with the grey gum species Eucalyptus longirostrata and E. biturbinata most likely to be incised for sap. Of the tree species used for sap feeding by gliders, trees > 40 cm in diameter at breast height (DBH) were used more than would be expected on the basis of their abundance in the forest. The number of sap trees with active and recently active feed scars at a site ranged from 0 to 12. Factors that appear to influence the abundance of active and recently active sap trees at a site include intensity of disturbance ( basal area of cut stumps and dead trees), the number of stems in the

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