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The Effects of Predation and Supplemental Food on Foraging and Abundance of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus) in Relation to Forest Patch Size

Marcello, Gregory James

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2005, Master of Science, Miami University, Zoology.
The purpose of this study was to examine some of the possible causes for the negative density-area relationship reported for the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. I examined predation and food availability in three small and three large forest fragments. Giving up density trays and various odors were used to test the variation in foraging behavior in the presence of a predator odor. Nest boxes and counts of periodical cicada emergence holes were used to test the effects of an emergence of periodical cicadas on P. leucopus population densities. Predator odors had no effect on foraging behaviors. P. leucopus responded to indirect, but not direct, cues of predation. Estimated densities of periodical cicada emergence holes were strongly related to the relative population density of P. leucopus. Continued study of predation and food differences in forest fragments of different sizes is needed to further examine the negative density-area relationship of P. leucopus.
Douglas Meikle (Advisor)
42 p.

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  • Marcello, G. J. (2005). The Effects of Predation and Supplemental Food on Foraging and Abundance of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus) in Relation to Forest Patch Size [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1123179821

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marcello, Gregory. The Effects of Predation and Supplemental Food on Foraging and Abundance of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus) in Relation to Forest Patch Size. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1123179821.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marcello, Gregory. "The Effects of Predation and Supplemental Food on Foraging and Abundance of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus) in Relation to Forest Patch Size." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1123179821

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)