Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ...
Find these data here: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r7sqv9sfz Hurricanes cause dramatic changes to forests by opening the canopy and depositing debris onto the forest floor. How invasive rodent populations respond to hurricanes is not well understood, but shifts in rodent abundance and foraging may...
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ftdatacite:10.6073/pasta/bd69ca2e1edf6a40fa1617081c95c9d9 2023-11-05T03:44:45+01:00 Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... Shiels, Aaron B Ramirez De Arellano, Gabriela Shiels, Laura 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/bd69ca2e1edf6a40fa1617081c95c9d9 https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-luq.231.3 en eng Environmental Data Initiative https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4307 dataPackage Dataset dataset 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/bd69ca2e1edf6a40fa1617081c95c9d910.1002/ecs2.4307 2023-10-09T11:07:25Z Find these data here: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r7sqv9sfz Hurricanes cause dramatic changes to forests by opening the canopy and depositing debris onto the forest floor. How invasive rodent populations respond to hurricanes is not well understood, but shifts in rodent abundance and foraging may result from scarce fruit and seed resources that follow hurricanes. We conducted studies in a wet tropical forest in Puerto Rico to better understand how experimental (Canopy Trimming Experiment) and natural (Hurricane Maria) hurricane effects alter populations of invasive rodents (Rattus rattus [rats] and Mus musculus [mice]) and their foraging behaviors. To monitor rodent populations, we used tracking tunnels (inked and baited cards inside tunnels enabling identification of animal visitors’ footprints) within experimental hurricane plots (arborist trimmed in 2014) and reference plots (closed canopy forest). To assess shifts in rodent foraging, we compared seed removal of two tree species (Guarea guidonia and ... Dataset Rattus rattus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Find these data here: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r7sqv9sfz Hurricanes cause dramatic changes to forests by opening the canopy and depositing debris onto the forest floor. How invasive rodent populations respond to hurricanes is not well understood, but shifts in rodent abundance and foraging may result from scarce fruit and seed resources that follow hurricanes. We conducted studies in a wet tropical forest in Puerto Rico to better understand how experimental (Canopy Trimming Experiment) and natural (Hurricane Maria) hurricane effects alter populations of invasive rodents (Rattus rattus [rats] and Mus musculus [mice]) and their foraging behaviors. To monitor rodent populations, we used tracking tunnels (inked and baited cards inside tunnels enabling identification of animal visitors’ footprints) within experimental hurricane plots (arborist trimmed in 2014) and reference plots (closed canopy forest). To assess shifts in rodent foraging, we compared seed removal of two tree species (Guarea guidonia and ... |
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Shiels, Aaron B Ramirez De Arellano, Gabriela Shiels, Laura Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Shiels, Aaron B Ramirez De Arellano, Gabriela Shiels, Laura |
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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change ... |
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Environmental Data Initiative |
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