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DOI | 10.3398/064.070.0409 |
RABBIT ABUNDANCE RELATIVE TO RAINFALL AND PLANT PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND HABITATS | |
Lightfoot, David C.1; Davidson, Ana D.2; McGlone, Christopher M.3; Parker, Dara G.4 | |
通讯作者 | Lightfoot, David C. |
来源期刊 | WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST |
ISSN | 1527-0904 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 70期号:4页码:490-499 |
英文摘要 | Rabbit abundance patterns in the North American Southwest are poorly known, particularly relative to the potentially important influences of rainfall and plant production. We conducted a 10-year study on the comparative densities of black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) and desert cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus audubonii) in relation to annual rainfall and plant production in both black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grassland and creosotebush (Larree tridentata) shrubland habitats in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. We found that both species of rabbits were more abundant in black grama grassland than in creosotebush shrubland and that plant production was positively correlated with rainfall at both habitats. however, rabbit densities were not positively correlated with rainfall or plant production in either habitat. In fact, both species of rabbits exhibited gradual, multiyear changes in abundance rather than the patterns of high annual variation observed in desert rodent communities. Our findings of no significant relationship between plant production and rabbit densities indicate that rabbit abundance in the northern Chihuahuan Desert may not be strongly regulated by short-term, bottom-up effects of annual variation in plant production. Long-term trends indicate that other factors such as disease or predation may be equally or more important. We suggest that future research evaluate both top-down and bottom-up influences to elucidate the temporal dynamics of Chihuahuan Desert rabbit abundance. |
英文关键词 | aboveground net primary production desert grassland desert shrubland ENSO events hares habitats Lagomorpha Lepus densities precipitation rabbits Sylvilagus |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Mexico |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000286649600009 |
WOS关键词 | BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBITS ; BOTTOM-UP ; TOP-DOWN ; ORYCTOLAGUS-CUNICULUS ; POPULATION-DYNAMICS ; RODENTS ; PREDATION ; HETEROGENEITY ; ECOSYSTEMS ; VEGETATION |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
来源机构 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ; New Mexico State University |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/166650 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ New Mexico, Dept Biol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA; 2.Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico; 3.No Arizona Univ, Ecol Restorat Inst, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 4.New Mexico State Univ, Dept Biol, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lightfoot, David C.,Davidson, Ana D.,McGlone, Christopher M.,et al. RABBIT ABUNDANCE RELATIVE TO RAINFALL AND PLANT PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND HABITATS[J]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, New Mexico State University,2010,70(4):490-499. |
APA | Lightfoot, David C.,Davidson, Ana D.,McGlone, Christopher M.,&Parker, Dara G..(2010).RABBIT ABUNDANCE RELATIVE TO RAINFALL AND PLANT PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND HABITATS.WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST,70(4),490-499. |
MLA | Lightfoot, David C.,et al."RABBIT ABUNDANCE RELATIVE TO RAINFALL AND PLANT PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND HABITATS".WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST 70.4(2010):490-499. |
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