Browsing by Author "Do, Anh"

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    Diversity Within Small Mammal Communities of Forested Sites Around Itasca State Park and Nearby Prairie Sites
    (2011-02-09) Hughes, Curtis; Do, Anh
    The study dealing with diversity of small mammal communities found within several different forest habitats in Itasca State Park and nearby Prairie sites, tested the two sites diversity comparison’s and displayed which communities had small mammals which were common in both locations. The prairie had the most abundant small mammal diversity. The most common small mammal in all of the communities was the Peromyscus (PEXX).
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    Impact of Pocket Gophers on Long and Short Term Prairie Vegetation Diversity
    (2011-02-09) Do, Anh; Knoeck, Matthew; Stedman, Kathryn
    The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) mounds on prairie vegetation. This includes long and short term succession patterns as well as plant diversity on individual mounds. We obtained data by species counts and mound counts on an old field. We found that diversity on abandoned mounds was higher than that on new or old mounds or undisturbed land. In addition, old mounds were found to have the highest proportion of distinct patches of vegetation.