%0 Journal Article
%T DiversityandhabitatassociationofsmallmammalsinAridtsyforest,AwiZone,Ethiopia
%A Getachew BANTIHUN
%A Afework BEKELE
%J 动物学研究
%P 88-94
%D 2015
%X Here,weconductedasurveytoexaminethediversity,distributionandhabitatassociationofsmallmammalsfromAugust2011toFebruary2012incorporatingbothwetanddryseasonsinAridtsyforest,AwiZone,Ethiopia.UsingShermanlivetrapsandsnaptrapsinfourrandomlyselectedtrappinggrids,namely,naturalforest,bushland,grasslandandfarmland,atotalof468individualscomprisingeightspeciesofsmallmammals(livetraps)and89rodentsofsixspecies(snaptraps)weretrappedin2352and1200trapnights,respectively.Thetrappedsmallmammalsincludedsevenrodentsandoneinsectivore:Lophuromysflavopuntatus(30.6%),Arvicanthisdembeensis(25.8%),Stenocephalemysalbipes(20%),Mastomysnatalensis(11.6%),Pelomysharringtoni(6.4%),Acomyscahirinus(4.3%),Lemniscomyszebra(0.2%)andthegreaterredmuskshrew(Crociduraflavescens,1.1%).Analysisshowedstatisticallysignificantvariationsintheabundanceandhabitatpreferencesofsmallmammalsbetweenhabitatsduringwetanddryseasons.
%K Abundance
%K Aridtsyforest
%K AwiZone
%K Diversity
%K Distribution
%K Smallmammals
%U http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract3578.shtml