Forest Small Mammals Research Articles

Recovery of unengorged larval trombiculid mites (Acarina) from ground holes.

PREVIOUSLY it was found possible to identify the natural habitats of a limited number of species of larval trombiculid mites (chiggers) in Malaysia by recovering them from the ground on black ‘Formica’ plates1. In such habitats as were found, it was possible to observe with the naked eye chiggers both singly and in clusters. Only two species of chiggers have so far been subjected to intensive investigation using this recovery technique and both were vectors of scrub typhus, Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) deliense (Walch, 1922) and L. (L.) akamushi (Brumpt, 1910). In the few localities studied by this means, the former was found in lalang grassland (Imperata cylindrica) and the latter on ground leaf-litter of secondary forest galleries2. In the course of current investigations of scrub typhus in the primary and secondary forests of Malaysia, we have collected a number of species of larval trombiculids—previously found only on small forest mammals—by insertion of a flat strip of black ‘Formica’ into ground holes.

An Environmental Analysis of Some Ectoparasites of Small Forest Mammals in the Sierra Nevada, California

FLEAS 49 Account of species 49 Host specificity of fleas 50 Fleas of insectivores ..... . 50 Fleas of cricetine rodents .... . 51 Fleas of microtine rodents 51 Seasonal distribution of fleas 51 Environmental distribution of fleas 52

Population Studies on Some Small Forest Mammals in Eastern Canada

Population Studies on Some Small Forest Mammals in Eastern Canada

The Food of Small Forest Mammals in Eastern United States

The Food of Small Forest Mammals in Eastern United States