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Title: Small mammals of a bitterbrush-cheatgrass community

Journal Article · · Northwest Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6304119

Small mammals were live-trapped in burned and unburned segments of a bitterbrush-cheatgrass community during the years 1974-1979. Results indicate that the shrub-dominated unburned area supports about three times as many small mammals as the cheatgrass-dominated burned area. Species composition was similar in both areas with the exception of one ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii) captured on the unburned area. Other species caught were the Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus parvus), deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster), and the western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis).

Research Organization:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6304119
Journal Information:
Northwest Sci.; (United States), Vol. 56:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English