Native mice in a novel ecosystem: Morphology, behavior, and sociology predict the role of prairie deer mice in agriculture

dc.contributor.advisor Brent J. Danielson
dc.contributor.author Doudna, John
dc.contributor.department Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
dc.date 2018-08-12T04:20:39.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T02:51:12Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T02:51:12Z
dc.date.copyright Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2014
dc.date.embargo 2001-01-01
dc.date.issued 2014-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Corn-soybean agriculture, the annual rotation of corn planted as a monoculture and then soybean planted as a monoculture, in the Midwestern US represents a novel ecosystem to native species that utilize the habitat. In order to successfully colonize this habitat, native species have had to adapt or maintain pre-adaptations to the novel ecosystem. The prairie deer mouse (<em>Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii</em>) is a model organism for studying the adaptations of species to corn-soybean agriculture. They also provide a potentially economically valuable ecosystem service of weed seed predation. Thus, studying the adaptations and behaviors of this species are of critical importance. This knowledge will be most useful, though, if farmers are accepting of the role of nature in agriculture. So, we sought to understand their perspectives on the subject of multifunctional agriculture. The combined results of this dissertation represent a hopeful scenario of highly reliable seed predation behavior and farmers willing to consider nature as an integral part of industrial agriculture.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 4658
dc.identifier.contextkey 5777338
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-620
dc.identifier.s3bucket isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath etd/13651
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/27838
dc.language.iso en
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dc.subject.disciplines Agriculture
dc.subject.disciplines Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.disciplines Environmental Sciences
dc.subject.keywords adaptation
dc.subject.keywords agroecology
dc.subject.keywords corn belt
dc.subject.keywords ecosystem services
dc.subject.keywords novel ecosystems
dc.subject.keywords Peromyscus
dc.title Native mice in a novel ecosystem: Morphology, behavior, and sociology predict the role of prairie deer mice in agriculture
dc.type article
dc.type.genre dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
thesis.degree.level dissertation
thesis.degree.name Doctor of Philosophy
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