Date of Award:

5-1-1960

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Biology

Department name when degree awarded

Zoology

Committee Chair(s)

J. Sedley Stanford

Committee

J. Sedley Stanford

Committee

Keith L. Dixon

Committee

Datus M. Hammond

Committee

Jessop B. Low

Abstract

Mammalogists are becoming increasingly interested in the problems of population dynamics of small mammals. Most species of small mammals show characteristic preferences for certain habitats distinguished by vegetational types. These preferences affect the distribution and abundance of the animal populations. Thus, investigations of the responses of small mammal populations to vegetational types contribute to a greater understanding of population dynamics. Small mammals also respond to seasonal changes in vegetation which influence population distribution and abundance.

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