Open AccessVancouver Island Marmots (<em>Marmota vancouverensis</em>) Consume Plants Containing Toxic Secondary Compounds
Author(s) -
Jeffery R. Werner
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian field-naturalist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 0008-3550
DOI - 10.22621/cfn.v126i1.1298
Subject(s) - foraging , biology , zoology , geography , ecology
I report 68 sightings of Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) feeding on Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride), a plentiful but highly poisonous plant. Possible explanations for this novel foraging behaviour are presented.