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Book Synopsis Kangaroo Rat's Burrow by : Dee Phillips
Download or read book Kangaroo Rat's Burrow written by Dee Phillips and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As night falls, a tiny, furry creature with enormous eyes emerges from a hole beneath a scrubby desert bush. Always alert to a sudden attack by one of its many predators, the little kangaroo rat searches for food. It munches on tasty grass seeds until it is full, and then scurries back to its safe, underground home with its cheek pouches stuffed with food it will eat later. Packed with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its young audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume gives readers a chance not only to learn, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. Activities, such as describing the kangaroo rat to a friend and discussing critical thinking questions, give readers a chance to gain insights beyond the facts and figures. From taking a peek inside the kangaroo rat’s underground home, to learning how the tiny creature can jump many feet in the air to avoid predators such as coyotes and snakes, this book makes learning about the habits and habitat of these nocturnal desert animals an enjoyable, satisfying experience.
Book Synopsis Comparison of Fine Scale Vegetative Parameters at Active and Inactive Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat Burrow Sites by : Meagan Marie Bell
Download or read book Comparison of Fine Scale Vegetative Parameters at Active and Inactive Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat Burrow Sites written by Meagan Marie Bell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulf Coast kangaroo rat (Dipodomys compactus) is an endemic Texas species belonging to the family Heteromyidae. Many heteromyid species, especially kangaroo rats, are highly specialized nocturnal granivorous rodents with external fur lined cheek pouches, bipedal cursorial locomotion, and adaptations for arid and desert conditions. Despite being one of six Texas endemic mammals, few studies have been conducted on habitat requirements, movement, and basic ecology of the Gulf Coast kangaroo rat with no long-term research. From April 2016 to March 2017, I have seasonally monitored burrowing activity of Gulf Coast kangaroo rats and recorded vegetative parameters at 63 randomly selected sites on a working cattle and wildlife ranch located in Guadalupe County, Texas. Sites with active burrows or a history of occupancy were monitored monthly. Within a 10-m radius plot at each site and using the Daubenmire frame cover estimate technique, I recorded percent cover of the following cover classes: bare ground, standing dead vegetation, litter, living grass, and living forbs. Additionally, I identified to the lowest taxonomic level the dominant live green grass and forb species in each Daubenmire frame and recorded the height of the tallest live grass, live forb, and standing dead vegetation. Using a spherical densitometer, I determined the percent woody canopy coverage at each Daubenmire frame. Twenty-two of 63 sites were occupied. Using Nested ANOVA, I found significantly greater cover of litter, taller standing dead, and taller grass (p
Book Synopsis Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by : Charles Taylor Vorhies
Download or read book Life History of the Kangaroo Rat written by Charles Taylor Vorhies and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life History of the Kangaroo Rat" is research on a kangaroo rat's morphology, looks, build, and habits. The book is written by the entomologist from the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona, Charles T. Vorhies, and the biologist from the Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture. It shares details of how kangaroo rats build their homes, store their food, their natural enemies, and many more.
Book Synopsis Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by : Charles Taylor Vorhies
Download or read book Life History of the Kangaroo Rat written by Charles Taylor Vorhies and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bulletin, a joint contribution of the Bureau of Biological Survey and the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, contains a summary of the results of investigations of the relation of a subspecies of kangaroo rat to the carrying capacity of the open ranges, being one phase of a general study of the life histories of rodent groups as they affect agriculture, forestry, and grazing.
Book Synopsis Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage by : Scott E. Hygnstrom
Download or read book Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage written by Scott E. Hygnstrom and published by DIANE Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference on vertebrate species that can cause economic damage or become nuisance pests. Reviews all vertebrate species that come into conflict with human interests in North America. Includes agricultural, commercial, industrial, and residential pest problems and recommends solutions; emphasizes prevention; outlines and explains all currently registered and recommended control methods and materials. Contains dozens of chapters written by various authors. Figures.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Food Storage and Burrow Limitation on the Giant Kangaroo Rat by : Adam Young Falk
Download or read book The Effects of Food Storage and Burrow Limitation on the Giant Kangaroo Rat written by Adam Young Falk and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California is home not only to many endangered species, but also to entire ecosystems that are threatened by human activities such as urbanization and irrigation. One such “hotspot” of species endangerment is in Central California’s San Joaquin Valley. One approach to conserving this threatened ecosystem is to focus efforts on a species that is instrumental to the ecosystem. The giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) is an ecosystem engineer endemic to the San Joaquin Valley, and its burrowing and grazing behaviors have tremendous effects on the arid grassland habitat. In this thesis I focus on processes that either limit or regulate giant kangaroo rat populations: available food and burrow availability. I build a discrete-time stochastic population model to examine the effects of varying the number of available burrows within an isolated community. Using rainfall as a proxy for food production, I calculate numerical results over the burrow-rainfall parameter space and find distinct equilibria that correspond to scenarios of various combinations of burrow and available food limitation. In particular, my model suggests an optimal burrow-count threshold for a given average rainfall (food availability) value. Below this threshold, each individual increase in the number of burrows increases the steady-state population size. Once the threshold is crossed, not only do new burrows not have much effect on the overall population size, but there appears to be a greater likelihood of an extinction event.
Book Synopsis Subterranean Rodents by : Sabine Begall
Download or read book Subterranean Rodents written by Sabine Begall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subterranean Rodents presents achievements from recent years of research on these rodents, divided into five sections: ecophysiology; sensory ecology; life histories, behavioural ecology and demography; environmental and economical impact; molecular ecology and evolution. It is a must for all researchers working in this field and will be of interest to zoologists, physiologists, morphologists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists.
Book Synopsis Merriam's Kangaroo Rat in Relation to Grazing Lands of Southern Arizona by : Hudson Gillis Reynolds
Download or read book Merriam's Kangaroo Rat in Relation to Grazing Lands of Southern Arizona written by Hudson Gillis Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Influence of the Burrow Environment on Body Temperature, Oxygen Consumption and Water Loss of the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys Spectabilis by : Fenton R. Kay
Download or read book Influence of the Burrow Environment on Body Temperature, Oxygen Consumption and Water Loss of the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys Spectabilis written by Fenton R. Kay and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals by : Allan A. Degen
Download or read book Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals written by Allan A. Degen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since small mammals have a large surface to mass ratio, one would expect them to quickly dehydrate and perish at high environmental temperatures. Nonetheless, a large number of small mammal species inhabit deserts. This fascinating phenomenon is investigated by Prof. A. Allan Degen in his book. The majority of small desert mammals are rodents, but shrews of several grams and small foxes of 1 kg are also present. Their survival is due mainly to behavioural adaptations and habitat selection, however, physiological adaptations also contribute to the success. Interestingly, many small mammals that live in different deserts of the world show similarities in their adaptive traits although they have different taxonomic affinities.
Book Synopsis North American Rodents by : David J. Hafner
Download or read book North American Rodents written by David J. Hafner and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive treatment of North American rodents of conservation concern. This action plan summarizes the rodent fauna of North America and provides available information on every rodent taxon that has been considered to be of conservation concern by state, provincial and private conservation agencies and regional experts. It is hoped that the survey provided in this action plan will serve as a common ground for all these parties in drawing up conservation strategies for rodents.
Book Synopsis Impact of Burrowing Activity of the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat on Southern New Mexico Desert Rangeland by : Daniel Leo Moroka
Download or read book Impact of Burrowing Activity of the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat on Southern New Mexico Desert Rangeland written by Daniel Leo Moroka and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Life History of the Kang'aroo Rat by : Charles Taylor Vorhies
Download or read book Life History of the Kang'aroo Rat written by Charles Taylor Vorhies and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Habitat Partitioning in Two Species of Kangaroo Rats (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) by : Bonnie Stern
Download or read book Habitat Partitioning in Two Species of Kangaroo Rats (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) written by Bonnie Stern and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers by : David Wentworth Lazaroff
Download or read book Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Book of Answers written by David Wentworth Lazaroff and published by Treasure Chest Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is a desert? How can I attract hummingbirds? Are cactus spines poisonous? Is a javelina a pig? This book provides detailed answers to 42 questions that the staff at the Desert Museum are most often asked. Supplemented with nearly 100 illustrations, this 200 page book is broken down into three sections: getting to know the desert, the desert as one's backyard and enjoying the desert. Seven useful appendixes cover a range of topics including hummingbird gardening, venomous bites and stings, climate and additional sources of information about desert life. A fun way to learn how wild and fascinating our deserts really are!
Book Synopsis Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by : Charles Taylor Vorhies
Download or read book Life History of the Kangaroo Rat written by Charles Taylor Vorhies and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd Edition by : Michael Barbour
Download or read book Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd Edition written by Michael Barbour and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This completely new edition of Terrestrial Vegetation of California clearly documents the extraordinary complexity and richness of the plant communities and of the state and the forces that shape them. This volume is a storehouse of information of value to anyone concerned with meeting the challenge of understanding, managing or conserving these unique plant communities under the growing threats of climate change, biological invasions and development."—Harold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University "The plants of California are under threat like never before. Traditional pressures of development and invasive species have been joined by a newly-recognized threat: human-caused climate change. It is essential that we thoroughly understand current plant community dynamics in order to have a hope of conserving them. This book represents an important, well-timed advance in knowledge of the vegetation of this diverse state and is an essential resource for professionals, students, and the general public alike."—Brent Mishler, Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria and Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
