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Article: Changes in vegetation patterns and their effect on Texas kangaroo rats (Dipodomys elator).(Report)
- Article from:
- The Texas Journal of Science
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Abstract.--Investigations of vegetation in Wichita County, Texas indicate that changes in patterns of grazing and the introduction of non-native plant species may affect populations of the Texas kangaroo rat. Intensely and moderately grazed areas were compared to each other and to a previous investigation involving an ungrazed pasture dominated by introduced Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus). Thirty Dipodomys elator were trapped at the intensely and moderately grazed sites, whereas only two animals were caught on the periphery of the ungrazed site in Wichita County. In addition, the moderately grazed site was compared to the intensely grazed site and no significant ...