During the spring of 1963 and 1964 an investigation of a small
mammal community was made in McDonald Forest, near Corvallis, Oregon.
The revised North American Census of Small Mammals procedure was
used, and from this census the species composition of the community
was determined. The relationships of several genera...
Four experimental groups were designed to examine the effects of a "greens" dietary supplement (wheat clippings), as well as individual versus group-housing, on the adrenal and reproductive physiology of Microtus canicaudus. Organ culture of adrenal glands, thin-layer chromatography, and fluorescence analysis of steroid-containing medium were used to quantitatively assess adrenal...