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Filtering by: Advisor Terry, Rebecca C. Non-Academic Affiliation Oregon State University. Honors College

How competitive are iconic competitors? Testing resource partitioning in Great Basin chipmunks

Creator:

Ormand, Elora J.

Abstract:

Competitive exclusion is a key concept in ecology describing the exclusion of one species by another from access to a limited resource. Competitive interactions between chipmunk species in the Great Basin, documented by James Brown in 1970, are often used as a textbook example of competitive exclusion. Whether competitive interactions...

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Honors College Thesis

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. Abstract approved by: _________________________________________________________ (Rebecca C. Terry
Isotopic Analysis of Diet Specificity in the Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys microps

Creator:

Guerre, Megan E.

Abstract:

Rapid changes in global climate have put many species at risk, particularly niche specialists. The Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat, Dipodomys microps, is thought to specialize on the desert shrub Atriplex confertifolia. Because of this close relationship, D. microps was presumed to have tracked the shrub as its distribution shifted south during...

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Honors College Thesis

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Abstract approved: _________________________________________________ Rebecca C. Terry