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Book Movements Populations and Habitat Preferences of Three Species of Pocket Mice Perognathinae in the Big Bend Region of Texas

Download or read book Movements Populations and Habitat Preferences of Three Species of Pocket Mice Perognathinae in the Big Bend Region of Texas written by Richard D. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Population characteristics and habitat preferences of Merriam's pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami), Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni), and the Chihuahuan pocket mouse (C. eremicus) in the Big Bend region of Texas were studied intensively over 26 months. Steep slopes limited the distribution and abundance of Chihuahuan pocket mice but not the other two species. Merriam's pocket mice normally were not present on steep slopes because of the usual occurrence of tall, dense vegetation on these sites, but they did occur there when the understory vegetation was sparse and short and there were either large boulders or fine gravels. Nelson's pocket mice were most abundant on slopes >20%, P. merriami on slopes 3-10%, and C. eremicus on slopes

Book Movements Populations and Habitat Preferences of Three Species of Pocket Mice Perognathus in the Big Bend Region of Texas

Download or read book Movements Populations and Habitat Preferences of Three Species of Pocket Mice Perognathus in the Big Bend Region of Texas written by Richard Dee Porter and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mammals of Trans Pecos Texas

Download or read book The Mammals of Trans Pecos Texas written by Franklin D. Yancey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and five species of mammals are native to the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The greatly varied terrain, climate, and vegetation make its mammalian life exceptionally varied, ranging from tiny shrews to great elks, from bats to aquatic beavers and muskrats, from desert-dwelling kangaroo rats to forest-loving chipmunks, and from an assortment of mice and rats to predatory cougars and coyotes. This fully revised and updated edition of The Mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas provides a guide to the identification of these animals and summarizes important facts about their lives. With nearly every species illustrated with accurate, detailed pen-and-ink drawings by artist Chester O. Martin and color plates of some of the most iconic mammals that live in the Trans-Pecos region, it exemplifies how biologists integrate art with science to develop a wider appreciation for nature. The account of each species is arranged to contain a brief description of the animal, the geographic distribution of the species, and a discussion of the natural history of the mammal. This authoritative work brings together an appreciation for and understanding of the diversity of fauna, life histories, and ecologies within a unique and fascinating landscape.

Book Special Publications

Download or read book Special Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Revision of the Pocket Mice of the Genus Perognathus

Download or read book Revision of the Pocket Mice of the Genus Perognathus written by Wilfred Hudson Osgood and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Draft Recovery Plan for the Pacific Pocket Mouse Perognathus Longimembris Pacificus

Download or read book Draft Recovery Plan for the Pacific Pocket Mouse Perognathus Longimembris Pacificus written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 1 and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Pocket Mouse Genus Perognathus from Kansas

Download or read book A New Pocket Mouse Genus Perognathus from Kansas written by E. Lendell Cockrum and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following pamphlet announces the discovery of an entirely subspecies of pocket mouse, called the silky pocket mouse. It is found in northern and central Mexico and the southwest region of the United States. The silky pocket mouse eats seeds, succulent parts of plants and nuts, and carries food in its cheek pouches. It lives in low valley bottoms with soft soils, among weeds and shrubs, where it burrows in the sand to bury seed caches. The species is more tolerant of harsh habitat conditions than other pocket mice.

Book Habitat Selection in Kangaroo Mice Microdipodops in Three Nevadan Populations

Download or read book Habitat Selection in Kangaroo Mice Microdipodops in Three Nevadan Populations written by Jon Brewster Ghiselin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Interspecific Competition and Conservation of Pacific Pocket Mice Perognathus Longimembris Pacificus

Download or read book Interspecific Competition and Conservation of Pacific Pocket Mice Perognathus Longimembris Pacificus written by Rachel Chock and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reintroduction programs for endangered species rarely take competitive interactions between species into account. The endangered Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) is being reintroduced to parts of its former range where multiple species of native rodents have overlapping diets. The species in this foraging guild compete for seeds both exploitatively and through direct interference interactions. I conducted simulated territory intrusion experiments between P. longimembris and four sympatric species, and determined that pocket mice, the smallest species, are subordinate to all larger species. Body size asymmetries strongly predicted dominance, regardless of phylogenetic relatedness or residency status. Repeated aggressive interactions from resident heterospecifics could lower the chances of reintroduced pocket mice establishing burrows during the critical settlement period. As such, temporarily reducing the density of competing species might be an advisable reintroduction strategy, in combination with other interventions, such as predator exclusion. However, the presence of other members of the seed-foraging guild could have a net benefit for P. longimembris, if pocket mice pilfer from the other species' seed caches more frequently than the other species pilfer from their caches. In a field experiment with dyed seeds I found that cache pilfering occurred infrequently, and a field-enclosure experiment revealed that none of the species use heterospecific scent to find (or avoid) seed caches. A year-long trapping study showed that species utilize spatial niche partitioning, but aggregate the timing of their activity, in areas with high levels of rodent activity. Species differed in the microhabitat they utilized, and although it is not clear if patterns of spatial niche partitioning are due to interspecific interactions or differences in habitat preferences, this study provided clear guidance for habitat management and release site selection for P. longimembris. Collectively, this research suggests that during the initial phases of reintroduction when Pacific pocket mice are establishing their burrows and foraging areas, they will benefit from a reduction of heterospecific competitors, who may displace them from optimal sites. However, during the later growth and regulation phases of a reintroduction, P. longimembris are expected to be able to persist without ongoing management of competitor species.

Book Systematics and Evolutionary Relationships of Spiny Pocket Mice Genus Liomys

Download or read book Systematics and Evolutionary Relationships of Spiny Pocket Mice Genus Liomys written by Hugh H. Genoways and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mammals of South America Volume 2

Download or read book Mammals of South America Volume 2 written by James L. Patton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 1363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second installment in a planned three-volume series, this book provides the first substantive review of South American rodents published in over fifty years. Increases in the reach of field research and the variety of field survey methods, the introduction of bioinformatics, and the explosion of molecular-based genetic methodologies have all contributed to the revision of many phylogenetic relationships and to a doubling of the recognized diversity of South American rodents. The largest and most diverse mammalian order on Earth—and an increasingly threatened one—Rodentia is also of great ecological importance, and Rodents is both a timely and exhaustive reference on these ubiquitous creatures. From spiny mice and guinea pigs to the oversized capybara, this book covers all native rodents of South America, the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Netherlands off the Venezuelan coast. It includes identification keys and descriptions of all genera and species; comments on distribution; maps of localities; discussions of subspecies; and summaries of natural, taxonomic, and nomenclatural history. Rodents also contains a detailed list of cited literature and a separate gazetteer based on confirmed identifications from museum vouchers and the published literature.