@proceedings {KNZ00480, title = {Population ecology of Elliot{\textquoteright}s short-tail shrew and least shrew in ungrazed tallgrass prairie}, year = {1995}, pages = {87 -92}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman and Kaufman, G.A. and Gurtz, S.K.}, editor = {D.C. Hartnett} } @proceedings {KNZ00350, title = {Population ecology of thirteen-lined ground squirrels in ungrazed tallgrass prairie manipulated by fire}, year = {1992}, pages = {51 -54}, address = {University of Northern Iowa}, abstract = {

From March 1983 to October 1987, thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchill) were studied in ungrazed tallgrass prairie manipulated by fire on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. Overall abundance varied among years (2.6 animals/ha in 1985; 5.6 animals/ha in 1986); however, no significant variation in sex ratio was observed (overall average=52\% males for adults, 48\% males for juveniles). Fire had a positive effect on ground squirrels; abundance was significantly higher in burned than unburned prairie during the year of a fire and in more recently than less recently burned prairie during years following a fire. Ground squirrels also selected hillsides with exposed rocks (breaks) over upland and lowland prairie sites. Although females and males selected similar habitats, home ranges were significantly larger for adult males (average=0.56 ha) than for adult females (0.36 ha). Both adult females and males caught on the study area typically were residents rather than transients. Further, overwinter survival did not differ between adult females and males. Overwinter survival of juvenile females was similar to adults; however, no juvenile males overwintered on the study area

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman and Kaufman, G.A. and Gurtz, S.K. and Bixler, S.H.}, editor = {Smith, D.A. and Jacobs, C.A.} } @article {KNZ00311, title = {Effects of plant litter on foraging and nesting behavior of prairie rodents}, journal = {Journal of Mammalogy}, volume = {72}, year = {1991}, pages = {502 -512}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ}, doi = {10.2307/1382133~}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman} } @article {KNZ00266, title = {Prevalence of botfly (Cuterebra sp.) parasites in populations of small mammals in eastern Kansas}, journal = {The American Midland Naturalist}, volume = {124}, year = {1990}, pages = {22 -30}, abstract = {

Prevalence of botfly (Cuterebra sp.) parasitism in populations of small mammals was studied in tallgrass prairie of northeastern Kansas during 1985-1987. Four species of rodents, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus leucopus, P. maniculatus, and Reithrodontymys megalotis, were parasitized and all infestations occurred between 1 June and 30 September. Prevalence was greatest in July and August of all species. Proportions of N. floridana (0.31) and P. leucopus (0.24) parasitized were similar and significantly greater than those of P. maniculatus (0.08) and R. megalotis (0.02). Over 95\% of the parasitized animals were adults with no differences noted due to sex. Parasitized individuals resided longer on the study area than unparasitized animals for N. floridana, P. leucopus and R. megalotis, but not P. maniculatus. The relationship between residence time and parasitism, as well as higher proportions of infestation for N. floridana and P. leucopus, probably due to overlap in preferred habitat (woody vegetation in ravines and contiguous lowlands) between adult Cuterebra and these rodents

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, doi = {10.2307/2426076}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman} } @article {KNZ00267, title = {Short-term responses of small mammals to experimental fire in tallgrass prairie}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {68}, year = {1990}, pages = {2450 -2454}, abstract = {

Short-term responses of small mammals to experimental fire were examined in a 13-ha site on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. A 6.1 ha portion was burned in spring 1987, whereas the 6.9 ha control site was left unburned in 1987, as was the entire 13 ha in spring 1986. In the absence of fire, less than 1\% of all small mammals (n=130) caught in both March and April 1986 completely shifted from one area to the opposite area. No differences occurred in appearance of new individuals between the two areas in April 1986. In April 1987, the Reithrodontomys megalotis (n=14) and Microtus ochrogaster (n=6) caught in the burned area before fire and recaught after fire moved to the unburned area, but no individual from either species move the opposite way. Most Synaptomys cooperi (75\%, n=4) moved away from the burned area, but no animals were available to test for movements into the burned area. Most new individuals for fire-negative species were captured in the unburned area after fire: 93\% of R. megalotis (n=46), 96\% of Blarina hylophaga (n=27), 100\% of M. ochrogaster (n=4), and 100\% of S. cooperi (n=1). In contrast, Peromyscus maniculatus exhibited a fire-positive response, with one of four moving from unburned to burned and none of five moving the opposite way, and most new individuals recorded after fire were in the burned area (88\%, n=24)

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, doi = {10.1139/z90-340}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman} } @phdthesis {KNZ00220, title = {Influence of plant litter and habitat structure on small mammal assemblages: experimental manipulations and field observations}, volume = {PhD Dissertation}, year = {1989}, pages = {1 -125}, school = {Kansas State University}, type = {Ph.D. Thesis}, address = {Manhattan, KS}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ}, author = {Clark, B.K.} } @article {KNZ00219, title = {Small mammals in tallgrass prairie: patterns associated with grazing and burning}, journal = {The Prairie Naturalist}, volume = {21}, year = {1989}, pages = {177 -184}, abstract = {

Impacts of cattle grazing and prescribed spring burning on small mammals were assessed in (1) ungrazed and unburned, (2) ungrazed and burned, and (3) grazed and burned grassland habitats in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. Twelve species of small mammals were represented by the 287 individuals captured. Deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus; 41\% of all individuals), Elliot\&$\#$39;s short-tailed shrews (Blarina hylophaga; 22\%), white-footed mice (P. leucopus; 14\%), and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster; 11\%) were the four most common species. Deer mice avoided ungrazed, unburned sites, whereas Elliot\&$\#$39;s short-tailed shrews and prairie voles were most abundant in ungrazed, unburned habitats. Habitat use by these species was probably influenced by differences in amount of litter and vegetation cover resulting from grazing and burning. White-footed mice were most common in grazed, burned sites, probably due to the numerous shrub patches in this habitat. Assemblage diversity and total numbers of small mammals captured were not significantly influenced by either grazing or burning

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman and Finck, E.J. and Kaufman, G.A.} } @article {KNZ00171, title = {Long-distance movements by Reithrodontomys megalotis in tallgrass prairie}, journal = {The American Midland Naturalist}, volume = {120}, year = {1988}, pages = {276 -281}, abstract = {

During 6 years of small mammal trapping on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas, we documented long-distance movements (defined as movements \> 300 m) for 17 western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis). Linear distance moved ranged from 375 to 3200 m (median=600 m; mean=1049m) for all individuals. Males moved significantly farther, but not more often than females. Sixteen of the 17 animals that moved were adults and included reproductively active individuals. Although \< 2\% of the more than 1400 R. megalotis we captured moved \> 300 m, the actual percentage should be much higher since our trapping efforts were limited in space and time. Since long-distance movements of individuals may have a marked effect on the genetic, social and demographic characteristics of populations, future studies of small mammals should be designed to better assess the influence of these movements on local populations

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, doi = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2425999}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman and Kaufman, G.A. and Finck, E.J. and Hand, S.S.} } @article {KNZ00136, title = {Use of tallgrass prairie by Peromyscus leucopus}, journal = {Journal of Mammalogy}, volume = {68}, year = {1987}, pages = {158 -160}, abstract = {

The white-footed mouse (Peromuscus leucopus) is a common resident of forests and woodlands but not grasslands in Kansas. Studies of P. leucopus on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KONZA) indicated that wooded microhabitats with a complex verticle structure of trees and shrubs were selected over wooded microhabitats that lacked a shrub layer. Even more striking was the near lack of use of grassland habitat contiguous with the wooded sites. In other regions, Geluso (1971) and Adler et al. (1984) have documented occasional use of grasslands by P. leucopus, especially when high densities were reached in adjacent wooded habitat. The purpose of this paper is to 1) document use of ungrazed tallgrass prairie by P. leucopus, 2) compare relative densities of P. leucopusacross three major habitats on KONZA (ungrazed tallgrass prairie, limestone ledges with shrubs and trees, and gallery forest), and 3)provide information on the distribution of P. leucopus within ungrazed grassland of KONZA

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, doi = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1381065}, author = {Clark, B.K. and D.W. Kaufman and Finck, E.J. and Kaufman, G.A.} } @article {KNZ00111, title = {Mammals of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas}, journal = {The Prairie Naturalist}, volume = {18}, year = {1986}, pages = {153 -166}, abstract = {

An annotated list of the mammals was compiled from trapping records and observation for the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KONZA), a tall-grass prairie in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. Thirty-one species, 1 opossum, 2 shrews, 1 mole, 1 rabbit, 17 rodents, 7 carnivores, and 2 ungulates, were recorded. Habitat use and range for each species were included relative to our experience with the animals on KONZA. Percent composition of small mammals was presented by habitat type for 15 species captured on 26 permanent live traplines from autumn 1981 to spring 1984. The likelihood of occurrence on KONZA was disscused for 15 species (8 bats, 1 hare, 2 rodents, and 4 carnivores) not presently recorded for the site

}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie}, author = {Finck, E.J. and D.W. Kaufman and Kaufman, G.A. and Gurtz, S.K. and Clark, B.K. and McLellan, L.J. and Clark, B.S.} }