Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland

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Comparative ecology of desert small mammals: a selective review of the past 30 years (2011, background): “…complementary responses to Dipodomys and Cynomys activities were reported for arthropods (Davidson and Lightfoot 2007), lizards (Davidson et al. 2008) for abiotic parameters such as soil disturbance, organic material, and forb cover, and for activity by other animals (Davidson and Lightfoot 2008).”
Is the loss of Australian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function (2014, background): “In addition to moving huge volumes of soil, bioturbation by digging mammals increases landscape heterogeneity, creating a spatial mosaic (Davidson & Lightfoot 2008).”