scholarly journals Seasonal changes in small mammal assemblage in Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Ofori Benjamin ◽  
K Attuquayefio Daniel ◽  
H Owusu Erasmus ◽  
Kyerematen Yahaya Musah Rosina ◽  
K Quartey Jones ◽  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 1106-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Asher ◽  
V. G. Thomas

The validity of using single-sample surveys to measure small mammal diversity was assessed by measuring the effect of short-term, temporal variation in species diversity on the spatial diversity of small mammals occupying fencerow habitats. The diversity of small mammals varied seasonally. Interaction between changes in richness and evenness accounted for the temporal variation in diversity. Temporal variation was attributed to the response of the small mammals to seasonal changes in the vegetation, to the fluctuation in meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) captures among seasons, and to the appearance of small numbers of several mammal species during the summer. Significant spatial variation in species diversity existed, but was masked by the effect of seasonal changes in habitat on the small mammals. Erroneous conclusions could therefore be drawn from the pooling of many single-sample surveys of small mammal diversity.


2012 ◽  
Vol 182 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Oelkrug ◽  
Carola W. Meyer ◽  
Gerhard Heldmaier ◽  
Nomakwezi Mzilikazi

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-890
Author(s):  
Rudzani A. Makhado ◽  
Basil J. Curlewis ◽  
Wilmien J. Luus‐Powell ◽  
Martin J. Potgieter

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