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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"desert rodents"”.
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Differences in cache placement and pilferage by desert rodents (Family: Heteromyidae)
Desert rodents in the family Heteromyidae cache seeds throughout their home ranges either concentrated in one location (larder hoard) or in multiple, small seed piles (scatter hoards). In order to maintain seed resources and minimize cache pilferage (removal by other rodents), heteromyid species …
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Genomic evaluation of male reproductive adaptations and responses to dehydration in Peromyscus eremicus (Cactus mouse)
… becoming prominent in evolutionary biology. The desert, in particular, poses numerous challenges for its endemic species, and mammals (and often, rodents) have been the focus for survival adaptations pertaining to water-limitation. However, desert rodent adaptation research has focused …
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Small mammal and herpetofauna communities and habitat associations in foothills of the Chihuahuan Desert
… near the northern limit of the Chihuahuan Desert. Sampled habitats included arroyos and adjacent uplands under 3 conditions of physiography: upper, middle, and lower. Sampling was conducted during late spring and early fall, 1993-94. Eighteen species of heteromyid and murid rodents were …
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Ecological Gradients in Diversity and Abundance: A Search for Patterns and Processes in Small Mammal Communities
… distribution of diversity in North American desert rodents was highly consistent with the mid-domain effect—a spatial constraint null model incorporating the overlap of variably sized ranges within a bounded region. Deviations from the null model demonstrated a localized pulse in richness …
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Estimating Sources of Valley Fever Pathogen Propagation in Southern Arizona: A Remote Sensing Approach
… spore dissemination, are investigated. Nocturnal desert rodents interact substantially with the soil substrate. Rodents are hypothesized to act as a reservoir of coccidioidomycosis, a mediator of soil properties, and a disseminator of fungal spores. Rodent distributions are poorly mapped for the …
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Mammalian herbivores reinforce ecological state transitions in the Chihuahuan Desert
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Understanding Osmoregulation and Immunity in Heteromyid Rodents Through Insights Gained from RNA-Seq
… comparative framework. This new world family of rodents is comprised of three subfamilies (the Dipodomyinae, Perognathinae, and Heteromyinae) that range from the temperate/arid habitat of the southwestern United States down through Mexico and the mesic habitat of Central America into northern …