Rodent weights in modified pinyon-juniper woodlands of southwestern New Mexico

Authors

K. E. Severson, Arizona State University, Tempe
B. J. Hayward, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico

Abstract

Changing habitat structure in pinyon (Pinus edulis)–one-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) stands by (1) pushing trees down with a bulldozer and leaving them in place, (2) pushing, then piling and burning slash, or (3)thinning to a spacing of 6.1 m and leaving slash did not affect weights of individuals of nine rodent species. Previous studies have shown that habitat modifications influence kinds of species and numbers of individuals, but changes in total rodent biomass are a function of sizes of different species occupying different habitats, not changes in weights of individuals.

Recommended Citation

Severson, K. E. and Hayward, B. J. (1988) "Rodent weights in modified pinyon-juniper woodlands of southwestern New Mexico," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 48: No. 4, Article 14.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol48/iss4/14