Species Diversity within Forest and Prairie Habitats

Abstract

The objective of setting traps within small mammal communities of forested sites and nearby prairie sites was to analyze the diversity of small mammals trapped within varying habitats. Six prairie sites and five forest sites were assigned to different groups within the class. Each group set a 5 x 10 trap-station grid, which contained 45 Sherman traps, five Russian traps, and five Longworth traps. All the traps were continuously checked for three days, and all captured mammals were labeled and released.