scholarly journals Fine Tuning Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) in Alfalfa Fields of Southern Utah

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. , Nicole Frey ◽  
Mark Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Thomomys Bottae

Process-based model linking pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) activity to sediment transport and soil thickness

Geology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungsoo Yoo ◽  
Ronald Amundson ◽  
Arjun M. Heimsath ◽  
William E. Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Soil Thickness ◽  
Thomomys Bottae

Mycophagy in Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) in Southern Oregon

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Taylor ◽  
Jonathan Frank ◽  
Darlene Southworth
Keyword(s):  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Thomomys Bottae

Contact Zones and the Genetics of Differentiation in the Pocket Gopher Thomomys Bottae (Rodentia: Geomyidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Hafner ◽  
D. J. Hafner ◽  
J. L. Patton ◽  
M. F. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Contact Zones ◽  
Thomomys Bottae

Photoreceptors and photopigments in a subterranean rodent, the pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 191 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Williams ◽  
Jack B. Calderone ◽  
Gerald H. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Subterranean Rodent ◽  
Thomomys Bottae

Respiratory adaptations in burrowing pocket gophers from sea level and high altitude

1976 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Lechner
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Hematological Parameters ◽  
Hemoglobin Concentration ◽  
Additional Stress ◽  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Total Acid ◽  
Pocket Gophers ◽  
Laboratory Rats ◽  
Thomomys Bottae ◽  
Buffer Value

To examine the adaptations to low O2 and high CO2 among fossorial and nonfossorial rodents, hematological parameters were determined for laboratory rats, the valley pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) from 250 m, and the mountain pocket gopher (T. umbrinus melanotis) from 3150 m. Hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, and O2 capacity were higher in pocket gophers than in rats. Blood PO2 at 50% saturation and pH 7.4 was 33 mmHg for both gophers and 39 mmHg for rats. Bohr factors for all three rodents were similar (-0.55 to -0.61) but buffer value, delta log PCO2/delta pH, was -2.54 for T. umbrinus, -1.97 for T. bottae, and -0.98 for Rattus. Concentrations of total acid-soluble phosphates were 50–75% higher in gophers than in rats, while bicarbonate values were within the normal mammalian range. All three rodents had similar myoglobin concentrations in cardiac muscle. Myoglobin concentrations were significantly higher in skeletal muscles (diaphragm, gastrocnemius) of T. umbrinus when compared to T. bottae, and significantly higher in both gophers when compared to rats. These differences may constitute important adaptations to the hypoxia and hypercapnia in burrows; certain of these factors in pocket gophers respond to the additional stress of high altitude hypoxia.

The effect of hillslope angle on pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) burrow geometry

Oecologia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Seabloom ◽  
O. J. Reichman ◽  
E. J. Gabet
Keyword(s):  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Thomomys Bottae
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