The Nature Nut: Arctic Ground Squirrels
Researchers extracted ancient DNA from more than 200 plant and animal groups in Yukon burrow waste, revealing long-preserved records of past ecosystems.
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The Nature Nut: Arctic ground squirrels - Northern Sentinel
We have spent many happy hours in the mountains of northwestern B.C. and the Yukon in the company of the amazing Arctic Ground Squirrel (formerly Spermophilus parryii now called Urocitellus parryii). Because Arctic ground squirrels are one of the main prey animals for many predators, it is an important keystone species. In addition, their communal, intricate, heavily-branched, burrows (often reaching a maximum depth of one metre due to permafros…
The Nature Nut: Arctic ground squirrels
We have spent many happy hours in the mountains of northwestern B.C. and the Yukon in the company of the amazing Arctic Ground Squirrel (formerly Spermophilus parryii now called Urocitellus parryii). Because Arctic ground squirrels are one of the main prey animals for many predators, it is an important keystone species. In addition, their communal, intricate, heavily-branched, burrows (often reaching a maximum depth of one metre due to permafros…
The Nature Nut: Arctic ground squirrels - The Northern View
We have spent many happy hours in the mountains of northwestern B.C. and the Yukon in the company of the amazing Arctic Ground Squirrel (formerly Spermophilus parryii now called Urocitellus parryii). Because Arctic ground squirrels are one of the main prey animals for many predators, it is an important keystone species. In addition, their communal, intricate, heavily-branched, burrows (often reaching a maximum depth of one metre due to permafros…
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