Blarina brevicauda and Cryptotis parva do not damage Longleaf Pine Cotyledons

Thomas E. Campbell

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Blarina brevicauda and Cryptotis parva do not damage Longleaf Pine Cotyledons

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas E. Campbell

Year:

1970

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

The University of Notre Dame

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Abstract

About 18,000 trap-nights were required to capture 104 shrews in central Louisiana. The ratio of captured Blarina brevicauda to Cryptotis parva was about 3:1. Sixty-four animals died in the traps and 12 others succumbed within 48 hrs. The 28 caged survivors did not damage juvenile seedlings of longleaf pine (P. palustris) in the distinctive manner of an unidentified predator (s) which can destroy up to 70% of a direct-seeded stand.

Citation

Campbell, Thomas E. 1970. Blarina brevicauda and Cryptotis parva do not damage Longleaf Pine Cotyledons. The American Midland Naturalist Vol. 84, No. 1. The University of Notre Dame. 2 p.