Publications

evidence of multiple zoonotic agents in a wild rodent community in the eastern sierra nevada.	this study aimed to describe the occurrence of yersinia pestis, rickettsia rickettsii, anaplasma phagocytophilum, and ectoparasites in a wild rodent community in the eastern sierra nevada. from may to september 2006, rodents were live-trapped, examined for ectoparasites, and blood was collected. all rodents were serologically tested for antibodies to y. pestis, r. rickettsii, and a. phagocytophilum; in addition, blood samples and ectoparasites were tested by pcr to detect the presence of these z ...	2008	18689664
forest rodents provide directed dispersal of jeffrey pine seeds.	some species of animals provide directed dispersal of plant seeds by transporting them nonrandomly to microsites where their chances of producing healthy seedlings are enhanced. we investigated whether this mutualistic interaction occurs between granivorous rodents and jeffrey pine (pinus jeffreyi) in the eastern sierra nevada by comparing the effectiveness of random abiotic seed dispersal with the dispersal performed by four species of rodents: deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus), yellow-pine an ...	2009	19341138