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JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages 429-433Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-005-0162-y
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bark stripping; Callosciurus erythraeus; squirrel; sugars; defensive compounds
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The Pallas squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus; common name in Japan: Formosan squirrel) was introduced in the 1950s and has established populations throughout southeastern Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Some tree species in natural forests, parks, and gardens in residential areas have been intensively debarked by the squirrels, especially in winter and spring. The amounts of chemical components, such as polyphenols, resins, flavanols, and sugars, in the bark were compared among species and individual trees collected in the forest of Yokohama Nature Sanctuary. Interspecific differences in the extent of stripping were not related to the amounts of the four chemical components. For individual trees, the bark with feeding scars tended to contain more sugar than that without scars.
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