Least Shrews in North-Central Kansas: Habitat and Individual Characteristics
| Autor: | Donald W. Kaufman, Glennis A. Kaufman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Shrew Herbaceous plant Mixed grass prairie biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Population density Grassland Deciduous Cryptotis parva biology.animal Litter |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 119:129-135 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5420 0022-8443 |
| Popis: | We captured least shrews (Cryptotis parva; n = 16) in native grassland, anthropogenic and woody habitats in north-central Kansas. Total effort was ca. 100,000 trap nights [TN] in >200 herbaceous sites and ca. 20,000 TN in >20 shrubby and woody sites. Least shrews were rare in both habitat types but slightly more abundant in herbaceous (ca. 0.15 individuals/1,000 TN) than woody sites (ca. 0.05 individuals/1,000 TN). We captured 15 least shrews in grazed native mixed grass prairie, post-harvest wheat fields and fallow wheat fields combined as well as one in a shelterbelt of deciduous trees. Body mass ranged from 2.6 g–6.0 g; body length explained ∼55% of the variation in body mass. Two pregnant females (4.9–5.0 g) were trapped; a litter size of five was observed for the one necropsied female. Finally, we document the first occurrence of the least shrew in Lincoln County, Kansas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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