Life History Notes on the Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat, Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, and the White-Throated Wood Rat in Arizona and New Mexico

Monson, Gale; Kessler, Wayne V.

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“…It is pertinent, therefore, to mention the necessity of observing directly specific items in the stomach contents of the rodents rather than using simplified methods of cheek pouch content analysis (for example, Chapman, 1972;Reynolds, 1958) or gross observation of stomach contents (Bradley and Mauer, 1971) to determine the diets of rodents. Perhaps some authors have considered it infeasible to attempt to determine the specific diets of rodents either because the mass of stomach contents appeared to be too variable to determine specific items (Bradley and Mauer, 1971; Monson and Kessler, 1940) or because the rodents were thought to husk their seeds, leaving only unidentifiable endosperm or cotyledonous material in the stomach. Neither of these problems has been evident during this study.…”

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Relation of Desert Rodent Diets to Available Resources

Reichman¹

1975

Journal of Mammalogy

155

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Relation of Desert Rodent Diets to Available Resources

Reichman¹

1975

Journal of Mammalogy

155

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“…Shrews cache seeds before insects and both before mice, apparently in order of resistance to spoilage (74). The large seed caches of desert heteromyids (77,101) are maintained in areas with 100% relative humidity (53) and apparently will rapidly succumb to molds and bacteria if they are not actively managed by the rodents (92, 94a). Although we do not know the details of the management procedures, heteromyids may take advantage of the beneficial aspects of the mold/seed/caching relationship by actually preferring slightly moldy seeds to unmoldy and very moldy seeds (92, 94a).…”

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“…In North American desert communities of heteromyid rodents, it is the largest species that larder hoard large quantities of seeds in their elaborate burrows (44,76,77,131). Some intermediate-sized heteromyids make hun dreds of small surface caches near their burrow entrances.…”

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The Evolution of Food Caching by Birds and Mammals

Smith¹,

Reichman²

1984

Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst.

403

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“…Outside of breeding and rearing the young, heteromyids are solitary (Martin, 1977;Monson and Kessler, 1940). They maintain 5-7 burrows within their home ranges (Chapman and Packard, 1974).…”

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Effects of Low-Altitude Aircraft Overflights on the Desert Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis arsipus) and its Small Mammal Prey on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Arizona, 1991-1994

Bowles¹,

Francine²,

Yaeger³

et al. 1995

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Life History Notes on the Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat, Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, and the White-Throated Wood Rat in Arizona and New Mexico

Cited by 33 publications

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Relation of Desert Rodent Diets to Available Resources

Relation of Desert Rodent Diets to Available Resources

The Evolution of Food Caching by Birds and Mammals

Effects of Low-Altitude Aircraft Overflights on the Desert Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis arsipus) and its Small Mammal Prey on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Arizona, 1991-1994

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