BigCB Catalog Detail: "Breeding systems, habitat overlap, and activity patterns of monogamous and promiscuous mating in Peromyscus californicus and P. boylii"
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DatasetID 259
Name Breeding systems, habitat overlap, and activity patterns of monogamous and promiscuous mating in Peromyscus californicus and P. boylii
Description We used trap associations, nest-site preferences, a food selection experiment, and measurements of nightly activity to describe resource partitioning by syntopic Peromyscus californicus and P. boylii in Monterey County, California. P. californicus and P. boylii were active over the same range of time during the night. P. boylii was caught frequently near Quercus agrifolia, nested under canopies with high densities of Q. agrifolia, and consumed more Q. agrifolia acorns than P. californicus. Relative to P. boylii, P. californicus was a habitat generalist that did not discriminate among canopy plants for nest sites and had a broad diet. At high densities of P. californicus, the 2 species were negatively numerically associated. Both interspecific interactions and habitat partitioning (canopy level), via the specialization of P. boylii on Q. agrifolia, appear to facilitate the coexistence of P. boylii and P. californicus.
Physical Location
Publisher/Owner Matina Kalcounis-ruppell
Publication Date
Permissions Undetermined
Source Mark Stromberg NRS file
Contact Mark Stromberg
Type Biological Survey - Observational
Subject Animal
Geo. Extent Hastings Reserve
URL https://berkeley.app.box.com/files/0/f/372728021/1/f_3020750183
NRS Registry? yes
Format Paper
Timespan Start 1997
Timespan End 1998
Total Items
Databased Items 0   (as of 2012-08-28)
Comments Kalcounis-Ruppell, Matina C.; Millar, John S. Partitioning of space, food, and time by syntopic Peromyscus boylii and P. californicus. Journal of Mammalogy. 83(2):614-625.
Webarchive https://berkeley.app.box.com/files/0/f/372728021/1/f_3020750183
Entered By Jessica Rothery
Last Updated 2015-12-28 11:38:10

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