Effects of fire on vegetation and small mammal communities in a Mojave Desert Joshua tree woodland

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 1309-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. Vamstad ◽  
J.T. Rotenberry
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Small mammal communities in forest ecosystems affected by urbanization

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Chernousova ◽  
O. V. Tolkach ◽  
O. E. Dobrotvorskaya
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Context-Dependent Effects of Largewildlife Declines on Small-Mammal Communities in Central Kenya

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-160
Author(s):  
Hillary S. Young ◽  
Douglas J. McCauley ◽  
Rodolfo Dirzo ◽  
Jacob R. Goheen ◽  
Bernard Agwanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Mammal Communities ◽  
Central Kenya

Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities

Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 371 (6529) ◽  
pp. 633-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Riddell ◽  
K. J. Iknayan ◽  
L. Hargrove ◽  
S. Tremor ◽  
J. L. Patton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Bird Communities ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Microhabitat Use ◽  
High Exposure ◽  
Species Occupancy ◽  
Mammal Communities

High exposure to warming from climate change is expected to threaten biodiversity by pushing many species toward extinction. Such exposure is often assessed for all taxa at a location from climate projections, yet species have diverse strategies for buffering against temperature extremes. We compared changes in species occupancy and site-level richness of small mammal and bird communities in protected areas of the Mojave Desert using surveys spanning a century. Small mammal communities remained remarkably stable, whereas birds declined markedly in response to warming and drying. Simulations of heat flux identified different exposure to warming for birds and mammals, which we attribute to microhabitat use. Estimates from climate projections are unlikely to accurately reflect species’ exposure without accounting for the effects of microhabitat buffering on heat flux.

Changes in small mammal communities after logging in north-central Ontario

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 970-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Martell
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Vegetative Cover ◽  
North Central ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Clear Cutting ◽  
Small Mammal Community ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Community ◽  
Mammal Communities

Changes in small mammal communities following logging were monitored in clear-cut and strip-cut upland black spruce (Picea mariana) stands and in selectively cut mixed wood stands in north-central Ontario. Clear-cutting and subsequent scarification essentially eliminated the vegetative cover. Much of the ground cover recovered within 5 years and shrubs within 12 years, but mosses and lichens took much longer. The small mammal community in both clear-cut and strip-cut stands changed over the first three years after logging from one dominated by southern red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi) to one dominated by deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and then remained relatively stable for up to 13 years after harvest. That shift was not apparent in selectively cut mixed wood stands where the composition of the small mammal community was similar between uncut stands and stands 4–23 years after harvest. There was relatively little change in total numbers of small mammals after logging. In general, the diversity and evenness of small mammals increased or remained stable in the first 1–3 years following harvest, decreased on older (3–16 years) cuts, and then increased to values similar to those in uncut stands on the oldest (19–23 years) cuts.

The effects of various forest uses on small mammal communities in Sarawak, Malaysia

2006 ◽  
Vol 231 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiko Nakagawa ◽  
Hideo Miguchi ◽  
Tohru Nakashizuka
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Patterns in the structure of Asian and North American desert small mammal communities

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Kelt ◽  
Kontantin Rogovin ◽  
Georgy Shenbrot ◽  
James H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
North American ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Effects of Fragmentation of Araucarian Vine Forest on Small Mammal Communities

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1075-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn M. Bentley ◽  
Carla P. Catterall ◽  
Geoffrey C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

scholarly journals Effects of Fire on Bird and Small Mammal Communities in the Grasslands of Wind Cave National Park

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
D. Shown ◽  
N. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
National Park ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Grassland Community ◽  
Small Mammal Communities ◽  
Mammal Communities

Wind Cave National Park initiated a prescribed burning program in 1972. Yearly burns have been conducted since to evaluate the effects of fire on the park biota. This project was begun to study what effects burning is having on bird and small mammal populations within the grassland community.

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