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MAMMALIA
Volume 80, Issue 5, Pages 507-514Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2015-0107
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alien species; debarking; Finlayson's squirrel; Italy; tree species selection
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The Finlayson's squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii was introduced into Italy during the 1980s and has established two viable populations. The diet of this species includes a high proportion of tree barks, suggesting an intensive debarking behavior. We reported a severe bark-stripping impact in both colonized areas, and we tested whether a preference for some tree species existed. Results of this work showed the presence of a wide spectrum of damaged species, without any strong preference, mainly with large wounds. Old deciduous plants and conifers, which presented a hard bark, were usually avoided.
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