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Regulation of bone mineral density in the grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis: Bioavailability of calcium oxalate, and implications for bark stripping

The damage caused when grey squirrels strip the outer bark off trees and ingest the underlying phloem can result in reduced timber quality or tree death. This is extremely costly to the UK forestry industry and can alter woodland composition, hampering conservation efforts. The calcium hypothesis pr...

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Autores principales: Nichols, C. P., Gregory, N. G., Goode, N., Gill, R. M. A., Drewe, J. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28603912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12740