Life History of the Deer Mouse

Orr-Ewing, A. L.

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“…It is not surprising, then, that foresters have concluded there are more mice on clear-cuttings since most work has been done in the summer and fall. Orr-Ewing (1950) and Hooven (1958) provided data for the spring which showed fewer mice than in summer and fall in the habitats studied. Petticrew and Sadleir (1974) also found the lowest density in the spring, and this was most pronounced after a long nonbreeding season.…”

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“…Consequently, many studies have dealt with changes in deer mouse populations and vegetation following logging. Most of these studies concluded that there is a greater number of deer mice on logged areas compared with adjacent forest habitat (Orr-Ewing 1950;Tevis 1956aTevis , 1956bAhlgren 1966;Hooven 1969Hooven , 1973Gashwiler 1959Gashwiler , 1970Radvanyi 1973;Hooven and Black 1976). 'Present address: Northwest Ecological Animal Research Ltd., 1205-2233 Allison Road, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T-1K9.…”

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Demography of populations of deer mice in coastal forest and clear-cut (logged) habitats

Sullivan¹

1979

Can. J. Zool.

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SULLIVAN, T. P. 1979. Demography of populations of deer mice in coastal forest and clear-cut(logged) habitats. Can. J. Zool. 57: 1636-1648. This study was designed to test the widely held hypothesis that clear-cut (logged) habitats support higher density populations of Peromyscus than do forested habitats. Deer mouse populations were livetrapped in forest and clear-cut habitats at Maple Ridge, British Columbia, from May 1975 to April 1978. The average density of mice per hectare in the forest was 19.6(1975), 15.8 (1976), 22.3 (1977), and on the clear-cut areas was 23.3 (1975), 16.6(1976), 29.9(1977). The slightly higher number of animals on the clear-cutting in 1975 and 1977 reflected a burst of recruitment in the late summer and fall of each year. The density of mice on clear-cut areas declined during each winter to a level comparable with that of the forest. Juvenile male deer mice were able to enter into the clear-cutting populations during the breeding season in the first year after logging. Recently logged areas may be acting as dispersal or behavioural sinks. SULLIVAN, T. P. 1979. Demography of populations of deer mice in coastal forest and clear-cut (logged) habitats. Can. J. Zool. 57: 1636-1648. Certe etude vise h mettre i I'tpreuvc I'hypthise. difendue par plusieurs. selon lriqueflc les habi~als deboises sumortent des populations plus dcnses de Prrornvsrrrs que les foreis. Les pupulations de P E~U M~S L ' N B ont ichnntillonnees en forkt et en hahitat diboist.

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