A Transcontinental Comparison of Forest Small-Mammal Assemblages: Northern New Mexico and Southern Pennsylvania Compared

Small mammal communities of streamside management zones in intensively managed pine forests of Arkansas

“…Similar to other studies (Langley and Shure, 1980;Morrison and Anthony, 1989;Perkins et al, 1988;Vickery et al, 1989;Daniel and Fleet, 1999;Kirkland and Findley, 1999;Darveau et al, 2001), small mammal communities in the current study were dominated by only two species (in this study, short-tailed shrews and golden AR, 1990AR, -1995 mice) that accounted for 67% of all captures. We captured considerably more species than some previous studies in the southeastern United States [Hatchell, 1964 (7 species), Langley and Shure, 1980 (3 species), Dickson and Williamson, 1988 (8 species), Perkins et al, 1988 (4 species)], but a comparable number to some other Southeastern studies [Atkenson and Johnson, 1979 (12 species), Thurmond and Miller, 1994 (12 species), Mitchell et al, 1995 (12 species), Daniel and Fleet, 1999 (10 species), Mengak et al, 1989 (9 species)].…”

Effect of land cover, habitat fragmentation and ant colonies on the distribution and abundance of shrews in southern California

“…The lesser productivity of forests of North America has been mentioned as a cause for the dominance of a shrew species with a small body size ( S. cinereus ) in contrast to a dominance of a larger one in Europe ( S. araneus; Hanski & Kaikusalo 1989). This may also explain the lower densities of shrews in forested areas of North America (Kirkland & Findley 1999, Table 5) compared to those in Europe and Siberia (Sheftel 1989). The results of this study support the conclusions of previous studies (Kirkland, Parmenter & Skoog 1997; Kirkland & Findley 1999) that in Nearctic areas, a major difference between soricid communities in the sagebrush‐steppe and forested habitats is the low density of shrews in the former habitat.…”

“…This may also explain the lower densities of shrews in forested areas of North America (Kirkland & Findley 1999, Table 5) compared to those in Europe and Siberia (Sheftel 1989). The results of this study support the conclusions of previous studies (Kirkland, Parmenter & Skoog 1997; Kirkland & Findley 1999) that in Nearctic areas, a major difference between soricid communities in the sagebrush‐steppe and forested habitats is the low density of shrews in the former habitat. Thus, extensive trapping effort with pitfalls is required to document the distribution and assemblage of shrews in drier habitats of western North America (see also Kirkland et al .…”