Responses of Herbivorous Rodents to Habitat Disturbance on the North Slope of Alaska. Progress Report

摘要

The objectives were: (1) to determine the patterns of distribution and density of rodents along drainage systems, (2) to relate those patterns to changes in vegetation associated with disturbance, (3) to examine the mechanisms that account for observed patterns, (4) to assess changes in nutritional quality of plants after habitat disturbance, and (5) to document movement of nutrients between habitats by herbivores. (ERA citation 11:001326)