Habitat Selection by Small Mammals on the Shoreline of a Flood Control Lake in South-Central Iowa

Authors

Paul D. Heideman, University of Michigan
John B. Bowles, Central CollegeFollow
Keith R. Erickson, Indiana University

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Iowa, flood control lake, mammals, flooding

Abstract

An unusually high water level on a flood control lake shore in Iowa altered the species composition, relative density and spatial relationships of most small mammals. Peromyscus maniculatus disappeared from the study site during flooding but was the earliest invader after water had receded. A few Reithrodontomys megalotis also returned. Sorex cincereus and Blarina brevicauda did not immediately reinhabit recently flooded areas. Miccrotus ochrogaster disappeared from the site. Peromyscus leucopus and M. pennsylvanicus persisted on the unaffected portion during flooding. Both P. maniculatus and P. leucopus reestablished spatial relationships similar to those prior to flooding as vegetation returned.

Publication Date

September 1983

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

90

Issue

3

First Page

93

Last Page

97

Copyright

©1983 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Heideman, Paul D.; Bowles, John B.; and Erickson, Keith R. (1983) "Habitat Selection by Small Mammals on the Shoreline of a Flood Control Lake in South-Central Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 90(3), 93-97.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol90/iss3/6