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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30679| Title: | Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) | Contributor(s): | Elliott, Todd F (author) ; Truong, Camille (author); Séné, Olivier (author); Henkel, Terry W (author) |
Publication Date: | 2019-02-26 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.11609/jott.4584.11.3.13415-13418 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30679 | Abstract: | Fungi are an important food source for a diversity of animals throughout the world, but these associations have been poorly studied in Africa. In this short note based on an observation from the Congo Basin of Cameroon, we provide the first report of mycophagy by the African brush-tailed porcupine and the first account of the hypogeous fungal genus Elaphomyces being eaten by an animal in Africa. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(3), p. 13415-13418 | Publisher: | Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society | Place of Publication: | India | ISSN: | 0974-7907 0974-7893 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 310308 Terrestrial ecology 310904 Animal diet and nutrition 310705 Mycology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity |
HERDC Category Description: | C4 Letter of Note |
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| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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