Implications of potential biome boundary shifts for small mammal assemblages in the arid zone of South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laetitia Piers ◽  
Igshaan Samuels ◽  
Mmoto Masubelele ◽  
Adriaan Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Mammal Assemblages

scholarly journals Assessing the impacts of domesticated versus wild ungulates on terrestrial small mammal assemblages at Telperion Nature Reserve, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Bonginkosi C Gumbi ◽  
Julie T Shapiro ◽  
Themba Mahlaba ◽  
Robert McCleery ◽  
Duncan MacFadyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Wild Ungulates ◽  
Mammal Assemblages

The owl that never left! Taphonomy of Earlier Stone Age small mammal assemblages from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Marin-Monfort ◽  
Sara García-Morato ◽  
Peter Andrews ◽  
D. Margaret Avery ◽  
Michael Chazan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Mammal Assemblages

The contribution of raptorial birds to patterning in small mammal assemblages

Paleobiology ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Interspecies Variability ◽  
Fossil Assemblages ◽  
Mammal Assemblages

Seven taxa of raptorial birds were experimentally fed a controlled sample of 50 house mice (Mus musculus). Bones recovered from the pellets were examined for interspecies variability in preservation to assess the potential contribution of specific raptors to patterning in fossil assemblages. Quantitative analyses demonstrate that patterns in bone fragmentation may assist in the identification of particular raptor species as depositional agents in small mammal assemblages.

scholarly journals Small-mammal assemblages inhabiting Sphagnum peat bogs in various regions of Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
Mateusz Ciechanowski ◽  
Jan Cichocki ◽  
Agnieszka Ważna ◽  
Barbara Piłacińska
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Peat Bogs ◽  
Trophic Conditions ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Mammal Assemblages ◽  
Sorex Minutus ◽  
Pygmy Shrew

Abstract We studied species composition of assemblages of small mammals (rodents and shrews) inhabiting Polish 25 ombrotrophic mires and quaking bogs in several regions in order to reveal characteristic features of their quantitative structure and compare them between regions, internal zones of the bog habitats, and different levels of anthropogenic degradation. We reviewed also all published results of small-mammal trapping in such habitats. Mammals were captured in pitfalls, snap traps and live traps on 12 bogs of the Pomerania region, 4 bogs of the Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin (Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska), 3 bogs in the Świętokrzyskie Mts, and 6 bogs in Wielkopolska and the Lubusz Land. Additionally, we included materials collected from Barber traps (pitfalls) used during studies of epigeic invertebrates on 4 bogs. In total, 598 individuals of 12 species were collected. The number of pitfall captures per 100 trapnights was very low (7.0-7.8), suggesting low population density. Shrews predominated among mammals captured in pitfalls, and the assemblage structure appeared to be similar to impoverished forest fauna, slightly enriched with ubiquitous species from meadows and agroecosystems, with a very small percentage of typical wetland species (Neomys fodiens, Neomys anomalus, Microtus oeconomus). Rodents (mostly Myodes glareolus) predominated only in samples obtained by live and snap traps. Pygmy shrew Sorex minutus was the most numerous species at most sites, sometimes being the only small mammal in that habitat, especially in well-preserved, treeless parts of bogs, dominated by Sphagnum peatmoss. The dominance and high constancy of S. minutus appear to be a characteristic feature of small-mammal assemblages inhabiting ombrotrophic mires, at least in some regions of Central and Western Europe. Enrichment of the fauna with other species might be related to either improved trophic conditions (by contact with mineralized ground waters) or habitat degradation (by peat mining, drainage, and subsequent secondary succession).

Blancan lagomorphs and rodents of the Deer Park assemblages, Meade County, Kansas

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Martin ◽  
James G. Honey ◽  
Pablo Peláez-Campomanes ◽  
H. Thomas Goodwin ◽  
Jon A. Baskin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Lower Horizon ◽  
Mammal Assemblages ◽  
Prairie Ecosystem

A new collection of lagomorphs and rodents from the Deer Park B local fauna (l.f.) of Meade County, Kansas is described and compared with other small mammal assemblages of the Meade Basin, including the underlying Deer Park A l.f. Deer Park A was correctly assigned by Hibbard to the Blancan, bridging the gap between earlier Blancan faunas such as Fox Canyon and the late Blancan Sanders l.f. Recent fieldwork indicates that the Deer Park quarries may lie in the Rexroad Formation, rather than in the Ballard Formation as previously assumed. The geology and extinct mammalian contingent at Deer Park suggest that the lower horizon of Deer Park A was an active spring that gradually turned into a marshy environment during Deer Park B time. The rodents of Deer Park B are indicative of an open prairie ecosystem that might have been somewhat more arid than that of southwestern Kansas today.

Small-mammal assemblages in piggeries in a developing country: relationships with management practices and habitat complexity

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Daniela Paula Montes de Oca ◽  
Martín Neyen Lammel ◽  
Regino Cavia
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Rattus Norvegicus ◽  
Habitat Complexity ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Rodent Control ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
Mammal Assemblages ◽  
Didelphis Albiventris

Abstract ContextPig production is increasing in developing countries and is increasing the coexistence of different production systems regarding management practices. Small mammals can cause major economic and sanitary problems on pig farms. The interactions among small mammals, production practices and habitat complexity have been sparsely studied. AimsThe aim was to compare small-mammal assemblages on extensive and intensive pig-production systems, and to analyse the relationship with environmental characteristics and management practices. MethodsSeasonal live-trapping of small mammals within 18 farms (under intensive or extensive management) was performed in central Argentina, simultaneously with a survey of environmental and management practices. Multiple regression analyses were performed to assess the relation between infestation levels and environmental characteristics. Key results In total, 472 small mammals were captured, including the exotic murids Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus, three native sigmodontines, namely, Akodon azarae, Oligoryzomys flavescens and Oxymycterus rufus, and two native marsupials, namely, Didelphis albiventris and Lutreolina crassicaudata. The location of waste deposits, the density of cats, the frequency of rodent control and the way pig food was stored influenced wild small-mammal abundance; exotic rodent species were lower when the density of cats increased. Rattus norvegicus was more abundant where rodent control was not frequent or null, contrary to M. musculus. Both species were more abundant in food and pig sheds, whereas native species were associated with vegetated areas outside of sheds. Also, A. azarae was associated with the density of pigs. Didelphis albiventris was more abundant on extensive farms, whereas L. crassicaudata was captured on intensive farms. Conclusions Small-mammal abundance did not respond to the type of production system per se, but exotic species abundance was influenced by management decisions. The most important human behaviours related to exotic rodent infestation were the possession of cats, the frequency of rodent control and the way waste and pig feed were managed. Implications Our findings highlighted the need for integrated studies on factors influencing the dynamics of rodent populations in commercial piggery systems, for the development of effective pest management. Management recommendations need to assess environmental complexity and human behaviour as important moderators of the population dynamics of small mammal species in and around piggeries.

Influences of pine plantations on small mammal assemblages of the Patagonian forest-steppe ecotone

Mammalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Victoria Lantschner ◽  
Verónica Rusch ◽  
John P. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Mammal Assemblages ◽  
Patagonian Forest
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