Effect of Removal of Woody Biomass after Clearcutting and Intercropping Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) on Rodent Diversity and Populations
Figure 3
Population abundance (mean abundance ± 1 standard error; ) for Mus musculus, Peromyscus leucopus, and Sigmodon hispidus by trapping period in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010 at the Lenoir 1 Sustainability Study Site, in Lenoir Co., NC. Axes vary between plot (a) and (b) to improve readability. Although not shown, 18 Reithrodontomys humulis were captured in 2009: 1 in period 2 (P2), 3 in P3, 2 in P4, 2 in P5, 5 in P6, 3 in P7, and 2 in P8. Sixteen R. humulis were captured in 2010 (3 in P3, 3 in P4, 3 in P5, and 7 in P6). Additionally, 6 Oryzomys palustris were captured in the last trapping periods of 2010. Rodents were captured and released during 15 July–9 December, 2009 and 19 July–14 November, 2010.
