Search Results - "Bowers, M A"

Landscape Ecology of Mammals: Relationships between Density and Patch Size by Bowers, Michael A., Matter, Stephen F.

“…A much discussed issue in landscape ecology is how processes that operate within spatially subdivided subpopulations scale-up to create a larger,…”
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Gag proteins of the highly replicative MN strain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1: posttranslational modifications, proteolytic processings, and complete amino acid sequences by Henderson, L E, Bowers, M A, Sowder, 2nd, R C, Serabyn, S A, Johnson, D G, Bess, Jr, J W, Arthur, L O, Bryant, D K, Fenselau, C

“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Influence of Herbivorous Mammals on an Old-Field Plant Community: Years 1-4 after Disturbance by Bowers, Michael A.

“…Plant community composition and change was studied in the presence and absence of different mammalian herbivores over the first four years after a disturbance…”
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Variation in Giving-Up Densities of Foraging Chipmunks (Tamias striatus) and Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) by Bowers, M. A., Jefferson, J. L., Kuebler, M. G.

“…We measured daily giving up densities (GUDs) of chipmunks and squirrels foraging for sunflower seeds embedded in a sand matrix over a ten week period. Our…”
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Use of Space and Habitats by the Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus by Bowers, Michael A.

“…Regression analyses showed a significant, positive association between capture frequency of eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) and open-understory and…”
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Structure in a Desert Rodent Community: Use of Space around Dipodomys spectabilis Mounds by Bowers, M. A., Brown, J. H.

“…In an earlier paper (Bowers et al. 1987) we reported patterns of microhabitat use by desert rodents among 0.25-ha plots where seeds were added or certain…”
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Exploitation of Seed Aggregates by Merriam's Kangaroo Rat: Harvesting Rates and Predatory Risk by Bowers, Michael A.

“…The simple cost—benefit model of foraging and patch usage of Gilliam and Fraser (1987) was tested for Dipodomys merriami, using data from the laboratory and…”
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Dynamics of Age- and Habitat-Structured Populations by Bowers, Michael A.

“…Traditional approaches to modeling population dynamics assume that individual performance (i.e., fecundity and survivorship) varies principally according to…”
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Seed Removal Experiments on Desert Rodents: The Microhabitat by Moonlight Effect by Bowers, Michael A.

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Spatial Organization of a Desert Rodent Community: Food Addition and Species Removal by Bowers, M. A., Thompson, D. B., Brown, J. H.

“…From 1977 through 1983 we conducted experiments on a desert rodent community where supplemental seeds were added or certain rodent species and ants were…”
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Bumble Bee Colonization, Extinction, and Reproduction in Subalpine Meadows in Northeastern Utah by Bowers, Michael A.

“…The distributional patterns of six bumble bee (Bombus) species in discrete subalpine meadows in Utah were studied over the course of a summer. Data on the…”
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Landscape Composition and the Intensity and Outcome of Two-Species Competition by Bowers, Michael A., Dooley, James L.

“…A spatially explicit model of interspecific competition for two species that perform best in alternate habitat types is developed. Computer simulations of the…”
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Vegetational Gradients and Proximity to Woodchuck (Marmota monax) Burrows in an Old Field by English, Elizabeth I., Bowers, Michael A.

“…Comparison of vegetation near and distant from 10 woodchuck (Marmota monax) burrows in a diverse field 6 years old revealed differences at both community and…”
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Demographic Responses to Habitat Fragmentation: Experimental Tests at the Landscape and Patch Scale by Dooley, James L., Bowers, Michael A.

“…We tested the ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation by comparing the density, population growth rate, survivorship, and recruitment of Microtus…”
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Fungal Mediation of a Plant-Herbivore Interaction in an Early Successional Plant Community by Bowers, Michael A., Sacchi, Christopher F.

“…We used a series of fenced exclosures to examine whether herbivory by mammals affected the structure and dynamics of an old-field plant community in Virginia…”
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Relationships between Local Distribution and Geographic Range of Desert Heteromyid Rodents by Bowers, Michael A.

“…The extent to which desert heteromyid rodent species are distributed geographically is negatively correlated with their variability in abundance across sites…”
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Suspiciousness, Mental Simulation, and Norm Theory by Pipes, Randolph B., Bowers, Mary A., Hilton, Kimberly K., Mathews, Linda S., Oates, David F.

“…Seven studies were conducted to replicate the work of Miller, Turnbull, and McFarland (1989), who tested predictions from norm theory (Kahneman & Miller,…”
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Plant-Form Gradients on Sonoran Desert Bajadas by Bowers, Michael A., Lowe, Charles H.

“…The relationship between species and plant-form diversity was examined for associations of perennial plants on two Sonoran Desert bajadas - in Arizona, USA,…”
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Predation Hazard and Seed Removal by Small Mammals: Microhabitat versus Patch Scale Effects by Bowers, Michael A., Dooley, James L.

“…Predator avoidance may involve response strategies of prey species that are time and space specific. Many studies have shown that foraging individuals avoid…”
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Detecting Interspecific Competition in the Field: Testing the Regression Method by Abramsky, Zvika, Bowers, Michael A., Rosenzweig, Michael L.

“…Crowell and Pimm, and Schoener have independently suggested an indirect method to measure interaction coefficients in the field. We tested the method in the…”
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