Range of movement and dispersal of some rodents at the Nevada Atomic Test Site

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Allred, Dorald M.; Beck, D. Elden

Source:

Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, Volume 44, Issue 2, p.190-200 (1963)

Call Number:

A63ALL01IDUS

URL:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1377452

Keywords:

Ammospermophilus leucurus, Chaetodipus formosus, chisel-toothed kangaroo rat, Deer Mouse, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys microps, little pocket mouse, long-tailed pocket mouse, Merriam’s kangaroo rat, Onychomys torridus, Perognathus formosus, Perognathus longimembris, Peromyscus maniculatus, southern grasshopper mouse, white-tailed antelope squirrel

Abstract:

The authors studied range of movement and dispersal of Ammospermophilus leucurus, Dipodomys merriami, D. microps, Onychomys torridus, Peromyscus maniculatus, Perognathus formosus [Chaetodipus formosus], and Perognathus longimembris for over a year at the Atomic Test Site, Mercury, Nevada. Traps were operated more than 25,000 trap nights in five different plant associations. This article presents recapture data, range of movement distances, maximum dispersal distances, and range of movement patterns.