Interactive effects of keystone rodents on the structure of desert grassland arthropod communities

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Comparative ecology of desert small mammals: a selective review of the past 30 years (2011, background): “…1999; Davidson and Lightfoot 2006, 2008; Davidson et al. 2008; Van Nimwegen et al. 2008) or as keystone species (Bangert and Slobodchikoff 2000; Ceballos et al. 1999; Cully et al. 2010; Davidson and Lightfoot 2006, 2007, 2008; Davidson et al. 2008; Kotliar et al. 1999; Miller et al. 1994, 2007).”
Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland (2008, result): “In a subsequent study, we demonstrated a similar effect on arthropod communities (Davidson and Lightfoot, 2007).”
Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands (2012, background): “…burrow mounds attract many animals, including unique grasshopper and ground-dwelling arthropod species assemblages, lizards that use mounds for basking , and megaherbivores like bison that wallow in the disturbed soil (Coppock et al. 1983; Davidson and Lightfoot 2007; Davidson et al. 2008).”