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Pseudoreplication Revisited, Robert A. Heffner, Mark J. Butler Iv, Colleen Keelan Reilly
Pseudoreplication Revisited, Robert A. Heffner, Mark J. Butler Iv, Colleen Keelan Reilly
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The Diet Of Oryzomys Palustris Based On Stomach Content Analysis, Shannon L. Wright
The Diet Of Oryzomys Palustris Based On Stomach Content Analysis, Shannon L. Wright
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Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) is unusual in that it is one of two carnivorous mammals in the Family Muridae in North America. A diet analysis of Oryzomys palustris. the marsh rice rat, was done based on stomach contents. This was accomplished by taking the animals from two study areas located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The animals were taken monthly for one year. Once caught, the animals were sacrificed and their stomach contents were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. This study showed that rice rats were omnivorous mammals, eating a variety of foods, including dicots, monocots, crabs, …