Woodrat

Wright, V.F., Fleming, E.E., and Post, D. 1990. Survival of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) on fruits and seeds collected from woodrat nests in Kansas. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 63, 344-347. 

Plant parts often differ in their levels of secondary metabolites (Table 11.4), some containing extremely high levels. For example, the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, of the western United States has phenolic resins concentrated in leaves, amounting to as much as 18% of dry weight. In experiments, desert woodrats, Neotoma lepida, selected plant parts of creosote bush with low levels of resins (Meyer and Karazov 1989). 

Meyer, M. W. and Karasov, W. H. (1989). Antiherbivore chemistry of Larrea tridentata effects on woodrat Neotoma lepida) feeding and nutrition. Ecology 70,953-961. 

Woodrat (Neotona fuscipes Rodentia) / Oak and other phenolic-rich foliage [P]. (19)... 

Stephens Woodrat (Neotema Stephens Rodentia) / Juniper (Juniperus catmunis Cupressaceae [P]). (20)... 

Karasow. Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. J Chem Ecol 2001 27(12) 559-2578. 

Brown Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, 337 Cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, 692 Desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida, 803 Heermann s kangaroo rat, Dipodomys heermanni, 803... 

Fleming, A. S. Tombasso, L. 1980. Hormonal and sensory control of scent-marking in the desert woodrat Neo-toma lepida lepida). J. Comp. Physiol. Psych., 94 564—578. 

Smith, F.A. and Betancourt, J.L. (2006) Predicting woodrat (Neotoma) response to anthropogenic warming from studies of the palaeomidden record. Journal of Biogeography, 33 2061-2076. 

Jackson, S.T., J.L. Betancourt, M.E. Lyford, S.T. Gray and K.A. Rylander. 2005. A 40,000-year woodrat-midden record of vegetational and biogeographical dynamics in north-eastern Utah, USA. Journal of Biogeography 32 1085-1106. 

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