Food Niche Responses in Southern Texas Small Mammal Communities

Author(s): Pence, A.R., C.M. Kiel, A. Montalvo, B.L. Pierce, L.A. Brennan, and M.L. Morrison
Published: March 2024

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From 2015 to 2020, we conducted a small mammal mark–recapture study to understand the impacts of grazing, along with variability in temperature and rainfall, on small mammal abundance in southern Texas. Sampling occurred within four different cattle grazing treatments to provide insight on cattle interactions with small mammals.

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Pence, A.R., C.M. Kiel, A. Montalvo, B.L. Pierce, L.A. Brennan, and M.L. Morrison. 2024. Food niche responses in southern Texas small mammal communities.  Southwestern Naturalist 67:216–223. (East Foundation Manuscript 084)

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