To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirrels in Europe, Marten
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:33:12 -0500 (EST)
Hans Brinkmann, a while back you mentioned "marten" as a predator on
squirrels in Germany. Can you tell us something of their habitat and what
are the limits of human population density they will tolerate?
In North America we have a "pine marten" which is a tree-hunting squirrel
predator related to the weasel but bigger. From what I have read it
prefers areas with a lot of pine trees, needs a big range (has a low
population density itself), and does not tolerate many people in its
range - although I have encountered one or two suggestions
that its tolerance for people may be increasing.
I wonder (cautiously) whether a people-tolerant marten could be useful
in dealing with the near-plague of squirrels we have locally.
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Re: [NAFEX] How to get (and keep) a junk yard cat
, (continued)