Abstract
Small rodents, when confined in traps, are particularly vulnerable to extremes of heat, cold and moisture. The ultimate success of an ecological study involving the capture and release of small mammals often depends upon protection of mammals from these adverse conditions. Plague ecology studies at the San Francisco Field Station involve repeated captures of rodents ranging in size from the comparatively large ground squirrels, Citellus , to the tiny harvest mice, Reithrodontomys . The smaller rodents such as Microtus, Peromyscus, Reithrodontomys and Mus are especially sensitive to the elements and must be protected from them until released. …
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