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Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/VCR006: Biogeography of Mammals on the Virginia Barrier Islands

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LTER/VCR006: This project is designed to determine the relative influence of each of a suite of physical and biological attributes on the number and composition of mammal species found on an island.

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We recorded 4,064 nights of trapping on 14 surfaces (i.e., barrier islands, bayshore islands, and marsh islands) during 1988. These included nine previously sampled islands (Parramore, Revel, Hog, Cobb, Ship Shoal, Godwin, Mink, Myrtle, and Raccoon), and five islands where no trapping had been conducted previously (Crescent, Chimney Pole, Mockhorn, Skidmore, Rogue).

The investigators recorded 450 captures of 589 individuals, including 20 meadow voles, 201 house mice, and 368 rice rats. Meadow voles were captured on Parramore, Revel, Mockhorn, and Ship Shoal islands; house mice on Parramore, Hog, Myrtle and Raccoon islands; and rice rats on all islands except Godwin (which is a low marsh island). The results of the 1988+ trapping have been added to the cumulative (1975+) biogeographical data base.

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Information about LTER is also available at 'lternet.edu/'

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Provenance · 1 source records, 27 field assertions
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access_levelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/mammalssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/mammals/rodents/micesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/community-dynamics/community-structuresource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/species-population-interactions/population-dynamicssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/species-population-interactions/use-feeding-habitatssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlands/estuarine-wetlandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlands/marinesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlands/marshessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystemssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/coastal/beachessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/islandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlands/estuarine-wetlandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlands/marinesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlands/marshessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/barrier-islandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/beachessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/marshessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/wetlandssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-providedsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
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temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0