@proceedings {KNZ00240,
	title = {Rodents and shrews in ungrazed tallgrass prairie manipulated by fire},
	year = {1989},
	pages = {173 -177},
	publisher = {University of Nebraska Press},
	address = {Lincoln, NE},
	abstract = {<p>Natural Prairie was a mosaic of patches of depths of plant litter due to topoedaphic conditions and to spatial-temporal variation in fire and grazing. Such variation in litter depth undoubtedly influenced the distribution and abundance of small mammals. To examine this issue, small mammals were censused and plant litter depth was measured during autumn from 1981 to 1984 on the Konza Prairie Natural Research Area near Manhattan, Kansas. Five to 11 sites subjected to fire at different times from 1967 to 1984 were sampled during each of the four years of the study. Relative densities of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were negatively correlated to litter depth, wheras relative densities of Elliot\&$\#$39;s short-tailed shrews (Blarina hylophaga) and western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis) were positively correlated to the depth of plant litter. White-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), typically found in wooded and brushy habitats, were captured in prairie sites, but no significant association with plant litter was evident. Although prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) were expected to be positively associated with litter, no significant relationship was found for 1982 (the only year with sufficiently high densities to test for a possible pattern). Key words: small mammals, plant litter, tallgrass prairie, fire, rodents, shrews, Kansas</p>},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie},
	author = {D.W. Kaufman and Kaufman, G.A. and Finck, E.J.},
	editor = {Bragg, T.B. and Stubbendieck, J.}
}
