Iowa's Mammal Fauna: An Era of Decline

Authors

John B. Bowles, Central CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Mammals, Iowa

Abstract

Of the 70 species of mammals reported from Iowa since European settlement, 39 (55%) are extirpated, rare, or declining. Twenty-nine (42%) are not appreciably declining and 2 (3%) are increasing in number and distribution. Continued pressure to clear and row-crop as much land as possible is placing an increasing stress on the mammals of Iowa.

Publication Date

March 1981

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

88

Issue

1

First Page

38

Last Page

42

Copyright

©1981 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bowles, John B. (1981) "Iowa's Mammal Fauna: An Era of Decline," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 88(1), 38-42.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol88/iss1/11