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Ability of Desert Rodents to Find Buried Seeds
Author
Johnson, T. K.
Jorgensen, C. D.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1981-07-01
Body

There were significant variations in how many caches of buried Indian rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) seeds were found by Dipodomys microps, Dipodomys ordii, Microdipodops megacephalus, Perognathus formosus, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus parvus, Peromyscus maniculatus, and Reithrodonotomys megalotis. Success ranged from that of P. maniculatus and R. megalotis, that failed to find any buried seeds in dry sand, to P. formosus, that found 57.5% of the seeds buried at 0.6 cm, to M. megacephalus that found 50% buried 1.3 cm deep. Peromyscus maniculatus and P. parvus found more buried seeds as the soil moisture was increased. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3897858
Additional Information
Johnson, T. K., & Jorgensen, C. D. (1981). Ability of desert rodents to find buried seeds. Journal of Range Management, 34(4), 312-314.
ISSN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/646129
Journal Volume
34
Journal Number
4
Journal Pages
312-314
Collection
Rangeland Ecology & Management (REM)
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management