Expansion of Baiomys taylori into Hardeman County, Texas

The mammals of Tom Green County, Texas

“…Other records of occurrence in north, north-central, and northwest Texas have been reported by Stangl et al (1983), Cleveland (1986), and Austin and Kitchens (1986) One adult female taken on 9 August contained three fetuses. One lactating female was collected on 17 July.…”

Comparative Diet Analysis of Barn Owl (Tyto Alba) and Long- Eared Owl (Asio Otus) in a Habitat Island in North-Central Texas

“…Temporal and spatial consideration complicates the interpretation of our results (Marti 1969). First, small mammal biogeographic distributions change over time (Austin & Kitchens 1986;Cleveland 1986), making meaningful interpretation difficult when examining results from studies conducted in different decades. Second, several prey species show significant cycles of population abundances from season to season (Otteni et al 1972;Grant et al 1985) and from year to year (Raun 1960;Korschgen & Stuart 1972;Grant et al 1985;Young et al 2005).…”

“…In particular, interactions between migratory and resident raptors in Texas, one of the main migratory routes of birds, have been scarcely studied. Likewise, little is known about the prey populations of vertebrate predators in northern Texas (Dalquest 1968;Schmidly & Bradley 2016) beyond their presence and the fact that they are changing in distribution (Hunsaker et al 1959;Hart 1972;Austin & Kitchens 1986;Cleveland 1986;Tumlison et al 1993;Green & Wilkins 2010), population dynamics (Wilkins 1995), and habitat relationships (Hanchey & Wilkins 1998). In this study, we examined the diet of two owl species, the barn owl (Tyto alba) and the long-eared owl (Asio otus), in a protected habitat island of vegetation in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan (DFW) area and compared their winter trophic ecology through remains found in pellets.…”