The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Although rodents are well-known reservoirs and vectors for a number of zoonoses, the
functional role that peridomestic rodents serve in the amplification and transmission of …

I used a 14-year dataset on dynamics of mast-consuming rodents from an eastern
deciduous forest to determine the relationship between population fluctuations of white …

Tree invasion of old fields is an important process affecting landscape heterogeneity and
species diversity, as well as the quality of wildlife habitat, in eastern North America. We …

Summary 1 Populations of white‐footed mice Peromyscus leucopus and deer mice
Peromyscus maniculatus increase dramatically in response to food availability from oak …

The main objective of this study was to determine the important mechanisms regulating
woody plant establishment in recently abandoned agricultural fields in central New York …

Recent studies indicate that seed predation by small mammals in old fields can be intense
and, in conjunction with other herbivores, may influence the rate, composition and spatial …

Many plant species are thought to benefit from mast seeding as a result of increased seed
survival through predator satiation. However, in communities with many different masting …

We examined movements and behavior of female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
relative to the acorn mast-fall from 1986 through 1989 in a mature deciduous forest in Front …

Urbanization significantly alters natural ecosystems and has accelerated globally. Urban
wildlife populations are often highly fragmented by human infrastructure, and isolated …