Small mammals: Pests or vital components of the ecosystem?

Carolyn H. Sieg

Treesearch

Small mammals: Pests or vital components of the ecosystem?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carolyn H. Sieg

Year:

1988

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Uresk, Daniel W.; Schenbeck, Greg L.; Cefkin, Rose, technical coordinators. Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-154. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 88-92.

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Abstract

Small mammals regarded as "pests" should not be viewed separately from other components in the ecosystem. Small mammals have significant influences on vegetation and soils, exert predatory pressure on other animals, and provide food for predators. Future management efforts should include consideration of these diverse influences.

Parent Publication

Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings

Keywords

prairie dogs, waterfowl, coyotes, rodents, bird repellents, predacides, rodenticides

Citation

Sieg, Carolyn Hull. 1988. Small mammals: Pests or vital components of the ecosystem? In: Uresk, Daniel W.; Schenbeck, Greg L.; Cefkin, Rose, technical coordinators. Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-154. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 88-92.