Scatter‐hoarding small mammals act as both seed predators and seed dispersers in forest
ecosystems. Their choices regarding consuming or caching seeds must balance the risk of …

More than 24,000 rodent studies are published annually, with the vast majority of these
studies focused on genetically undiverse animals in highly-controlled laboratory settings …

Predators and prey are locked in an evolutionary arms race that shapes their behavior and
life history. Predators target prey vulnerabilities to maximize hunting success, while prey …

An important yet largely overlooked aspect of behavioral variation is that some individuals
are consistently less “predictable” than others. Predictability is the level of variance that …

Rodents can influence the succession and assembly of plant communities by preying on
and dispersing seeds. Using a seed tray experiment with three common seeds, American …

Giving‐up density (GUD) experiments have been a foundational method to evaluate
perceived predation risk, but rely on the assumption that food preferences are absolute, so …

The deer mouse is the most widely distributed and abundant small mammal in North
America. They use a wide array of habitats, are very adaptable, and have a high …

Tree recruitment is a spatially structured process that may undergo change over time
because of variation in postdispersal processes. We examined seed pilferage, seed …

Various landscape and environmental factors influence animal movement and habitat
selection. Lunar illumination affects nocturnal visual perception of many species and …

Predation risk is one of the largest costs associated with foraging in small mammals. Small
mammals select microhabitat features such as tree and shrub canopy cover, woody debris …