Modeling Habitat Suitability for Small Mammals in Chihuahuan Desert Foothills of New Mexico

1998 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric E. Jorgensen ◽  
Stephen Demarais ◽  
Scott M. Sell ◽  
Scott P. Lerich
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert

Adiaspiromycosis in Small Mammals of New Mexico

Mycologia ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-518
Author(s):  
Robert L. Taylor ◽  
Bryan E. Miller ◽  
James H. Rust
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Small Mammals

STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE SOURCING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAUNA FROM CHACO CANYON, NEW MEXICO

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian I. Hamilton ◽  
B. Lee Drake ◽  
W. H. Wills ◽  
Emily Lena Jones ◽  
Cyler Conrad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Oxygen Isotope ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Chaco Canyon ◽  
Faunal Assemblages ◽  
Oxygen Isotope Ratios ◽  
Stable Oxygen

Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from archaeological faunal assemblages. In this study, we use the oxygen isotope ratios (δ18O) of modern small mammals from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to quantify expected isotopic variation in a local population. The δ18O values of local, modern small mammals encompass a broad range (−6.0‰ to 4.8‰ VPDB), which is expected given the extreme seasonal variation in the δ18O of precipitation on the Colorado Plateau (−11‰ to −3‰ VPDB). Isotopic ratios of small mammals obtained from excavated archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon (ca. AD 800 to 1200) show no significant differences with their modern counterparts, suggesting that there is no difference in the origins of the archaeological small-mammal collection and the modern, local Chaco Canyon small-mammal collection. In contrast, δ18O values of large mammals from Chaco archaeological sites are significantly different from those of modern specimens, reflecting a nonlocal, but also nonspecific, source in the past.

scholarly journals Impacts of chronic wasting disease on a low density mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) population in the San Andres Mountains, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Louis C. Bender ◽  
Cristina L. Rodden ◽  
Pat Mathis ◽  
Mara E. Weisenberger ◽  
Octavio C. Rosas Rosas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chronic Wasting Disease ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Odocoileus Hemionus ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Wasting Disease ◽  
San Andres

DIET OF EIGHT SPECIES OF LIZARDS FROM GRANITE GAP, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Han ◽  
Alyssa Johnson ◽  
Laura Ney ◽  
Whitney Oberman ◽  
Madison Pugh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Diet Breadth ◽  
Lizard Species ◽  
Urosaurus Ornatus ◽  
Uta Stansburiana ◽  
Hidalgo County ◽  
Texas Border ◽  
Desert Scrub

Abstract Granite Gap is a desert scrub habitat located in the Chihuahuan Desert in southwestern New Mexico about 200 km from the Texas border. In May 2016, we collected specimens of eight lizard species, six of which range into Texas: Callisaurus draconoides, Cophosaurus texanus, Uta stansburiana, Urosaurus ornatus, Gambelia wislizenii, and Aspidoscelis sonorae (a parthenogenetic species), plus two species not found in Texas: Sceloporus clarkii and Aspidoscelis tigris. We analyzed stomach contents of the preserved lizards and computed diet breadth and overlap for each. All lizard species consumed arthropods only. Considering the entire sample, there was a significant correlation between lizard snout-vent length (SVL) and total volume of arthropods consumed, and between lizard SVL and mean volume per prey item, but not between lizard SVL and number of arthropods consumed. This suggests larger lizards did not consume more arthropods than smaller lizards, but they did consume larger ones. Overall, A. sonorae was the most specialized lizard species at Granite Gap whereas C. texanus seemed to be the most generalized owing to its high numeric and high volumetric diet breadth. The dietary overlap data suggest there were two groups of lizards at Granite Gap: one that consumes a large number and volume of termites (Callisaurus, Cophosaurus, and the two species of Aspidoscelis) and the other that consumes a large number and volume of ants (Uta, Urosaurus, small Sceloporus) plus cicadas when lizard size is large enough to consume them (large Sceloporus and Gambelia).

Adiaspiromycosis in Small Mammals of New Mexico

Mycologia ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Taylor ◽  
Bryan E. Miller ◽  
James H. Rust
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Small Mammals
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