Rodent Movements in a Cutover Forest of the Sierra Nevada, California

Masters Dissertation Summary:

A comparative live-trapping study was made in a cutover forest area at 6400 feet elevation, seven miles north of Truckee, California. Different methods of trapping and analysis of data were evaluated, and observations of population size and structure and movement patterns of each species were compared. The species included the chipmunks Eutamias amoenus and E. speciosus, the golden-mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis, and the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus.

硕士学位论文摘要：本研究于加利福尼亚州特拉基以北7英里、海拔6400英尺的采伐迹林区开展对比性活捕调查。研究对多种诱捕方案与数据分析方法进行了评估，并针对各物种种群规模、种群结构及移动模式的观测结果展开对比分析。本次研究的观测物种包括两种花栗鼠：Eutamias amoenus与E. speciosus、金背地松鼠（Citellus lateralis）以及鹿鼠（Peromyscus maniculatus）。