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THE COMMON SHREW (SOREX ARANEUS) AS A PREDATOR OF THE WINTER MOTH (OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA) NEAR OXFORD, ENGLAND

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Charles H. Buckner
Charles H. Buckner
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

The diet of the common shrew contained significant proportions of lepidopterous remains, and these were mostly of winter moth. The least shrew also at times preys heavily upon winter moth. Calculations indicate that predation by mammals, especially common shrews, could have important consequences on the population dynamics of the winter moth. It was concluded that there is only slight interaction between winter moth predation by shrews and predacious beetles.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 4 , April 1969 , pp. 370 - 375
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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