Great Plains Population of the Dwarf Shrew (Sorex nanus), with a Record from Nebraska

Benedict, Russell A.; Roehrs, Zachary P.; Labedz, Thomas E.; Genoways, Hugh H.

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“…Both men had spent summers in the area when they were young. They were accompanied on the trip by Tom Crispin (a bilingual Arapaho), Shep Husted (a knowledgable outfitter and guide), and Oliver Toll (a Williams College undergraduate who served as impromptu ethnographer) (Benedict 2001). No Arapaho women were included in the party, and Toll's published account of the trip (Toll 1962) predictably emphasized place names, hunting successes, trails, battles, and legends.…”

Section: Sources Of Information On Wild-plant Usementioning

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“…The speed with which these species complete the aboveground portions of their life cycles may be a strategy (a) to avoid competition with moreaggressive, slower-maturing species, (b) to take advantage of the flush of soil moisture that accompanies meltout, or (c) to ensure long-term survival in an environment where growing seasons much shorter than those of today can be expected to occur. When small mammals such as Montane Voles (Microtus montanus nanus) overwinter in snowbed plant communities (Benedict and Benedict 2001), they commonly decimate root-food supplies (Figure 4, f). The blooming schedules of all three snowbed species show a predictable relationship to annual snowfall (Figure 2, a) and to snowbank meltout dates (Figure 2, d).…”

Section: [Rosaceae]mentioning

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Effects of Climate on Plant-Food Availability at High Altitude in the Colorado Front Range, U.S.A

Benedict

2007

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Forty plant species and groups of related species were identified as potential food sources in the alpine tundra and subalpine forest of the Colorado Front Range. Emergence, flowering, and ripening schedules were monitored from 1994 to 2004, a period that included years with marked differences in precipitation, growing-season temperature, and snowbankmeltout dates. Late-lying snow is a critical limiting factor in the high-mountain environment, delaying the emergence of edible greens and the blooming of root-food species by as much as 2½ to 3 months in extreme years. Fruit and seed production are unreliable at high altitude because favorable moisture and temperature conditions rarely exist at all stages in the developmental process. Ethnographic data from arctic and subpolar regions with ET (effective temperature) values similar to those of the study area suggest that plant foods comprised less than 20% of the high-altitude summer diets of Front Range hunter-gatherers. Percentages would have been lower during cold, snowy intervals such as the Little Ice Age. Visitors to the alpine region, however, spent much of the year in warmer environments. On an annual basis they were not plant-food deprived.

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confidence: 99%