Oral Session #21: Small Mammal Population Ecology.

Presiding: D.A. Guenther, Colorado State University.
Monday, August 7, 2000
8:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Superior Room - Cliff Lodge

8:00 AM	The nocturnal and crepuscular ecology of a diurnal monkey, Colobus guereza, in the Kakamega forest, Kenya. CLELAND, E.E. and F. VON HIPPEL
8:15 AM	Selective herbivory by the desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) on joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) . SANFORD, M.P. and N. HUNTLY
8:30 AM	Depletion of seed patches by Merriam's kangaroo rats: Are GUD assumptions met? PRICE, M.V. and R.A. CORRELL
8:45 AM	The effect of habitat and behavior on burrow structure of two species of pocket gopher. ROMAņACH, S. and E. SEABLOOM, O.J. REICHMAN
9:00 AM	The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) as an organizer of alpine ecosystem and plant community structure. SHERROD, S.K. and T.R. SEASTEDT
9:15 AM	The effect of hillslope angle on pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae). SEABLOOM, E.W. and O.J. REICHMAN, E.J. GABET
9:30 AM	Evidence for benefits to occupants of sink habitats. KREUZER, JR., M. and N.J. HUNTLY
9:45 AM	Relative influences on foraging: The gerbil's perspective. ABRAMSKY, Z. and M.L. ROSENZWEIG
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	The role of spatial autocorrelation in the detection and interpretation of patterns of tree seed and seedling predation by rodents in old-fields. MANSON, R.H.
10:45 AM	The effect of edge on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in eastern deciduous woodlands. WOLF, M. and G. BATZLI
11:00 AM	Positive effects of clearcutting on deer mouse demography leads to increased trillium seed predation. TALLMON, D.A. and N. RADKE, L.S. MILLS, E.S. JULES
11:15 AM	Clearance rate of plant toxins: A mechanism for dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores. SORENSEN, J.S. and M.D. DEARING
11:30 AM	Body-size dependent species distribution of Israeli mammals on different ecological scales. ZIV, Y. and O. SHIMONI
11:45 AM	Mechanisms of coexistence in Philippine bats. SEDLOCK, J.L.
12:00 PM	Experimental removal of strong and weak predators: Mice and chipmunks preying on songbird nests. SCHMIDT, K.A. and J.R. GOHEEN, R. NAUMANN, R.S. OSTFELD