Composition of the Community of Small Mammals in the Great Basin Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Composition of the Community of Small Mammals in the Great Basin Desert write by Samantha Elizabeth Phillips. This book was released on 2018. Composition of the Community of Small Mammals in the Great Basin Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Small mammals are a keystone guild in arid ecosystems; often exhibiting top-down control of the diversity and structure of plant communities. However, changing climate, shifting fire regimes, and the invasion of exotic plants are modifying the structure of arid systems. Environmental changes in these arid systems are likely altering small mammal communities, and therefore, their ecological role. We examined two aspects of the community composition of small mammals in the Great Basin: changes in community composition since large scale sampling of the region began in 1930, and the current population of a sensitive species of small mammal, the dark kangaroo mouse (Microdipodops megacephalus). In Chapter 1, we compared diversity and composition of present day small mammal communities to communities sampled between the years of 1930 and 1980. We sampled 234 historical locations across the eastern Great Basin region during the summers of 2014 and 2015. Our results indicated that diversity, richness, and evenness of small mammals in the Great Basin have declined significantly over the last century (P=0.002, P=0.03, P=0.002). The relative abundance of generalist species has increased, while specialist species have declined (P
Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas
Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas write by Bradley J. Bergstrom. This book was released on 2023-06-06. Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Ecology of Desert Communities
The Ecology of Desert Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ecology of Desert Communities write by Gary A. Polis. This book was released on 2023-01-17. The Ecology of Desert Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Provides interesting and thought-provoking reading and is highly recommended to anyone interested in desert ecosystems or community ecology. The book . . . should serve as an inspiration to many for future research."—Journal of Biogeography "This book is not just about deserts; it is an update of the contributions that research in desert systems is making to community ecology. . . This book will provide a useful reference for desert ecologists, as well as indicate critical directions where progress needs to be made."—Ecology "This important book fills a significant gap in previous syntheses by presenting a detailed series of reviews of current understanding of community patterns and structure in desert environments. . . . Each chapter is thorough and well written and . . . closes with a discussion of suggested future research. . . . [T]hese ideas will do much to focus interest on the importance of desert systems in understanding community. Thus, this book has interest well beyond desert ecologists alone."—BioScience "Valuable reading and reference for ecology students, teachers and researchers."—Quarterly Review of Biology
Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities
Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities write by Georgy I. Shenbrot. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rodents are conspicuous and important components of the desert biome. Many general concepts in modern community and behavioral ecology use them as a main model. This volume compiles and generalizes data on the spatial structure of desert rodent communities, taking into account both global (biogeographic) and local (ecological) patterns. It is based on studies of rodents in different deserts of the Northern Hemisphere (Karakum, Kyzylkum, Bet-Pak-Dala, Gobi, Thar, Chihuahua, Negev, and North Caspian deserts) as well as on a thorough analysis of the literature.
General Technical Report RM.
General Technical Report RM. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook General Technical Report RM. write by . This book was released on 1988. General Technical Report RM. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
