Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Charles Taylor Vorhies;Walter P. (Walter Penn) Taylor
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Species stored. Per cent. Grams.
Aristida divaricata 90 to 95 } Chamaecrista leptadenia 10 to 5 } 58 Bouteloua rothrockii Tr. } Prosopis velutina 200 Apodanthera undulata 55 --- Total 313 Five species represented. Two species, _Apodanthera_, and _Chamaecrista leptadenia_, new to storage records. Several whole fruits of _Apodanthera_, about 2 inches in diameter, stored in addition to seeds alone; seeds of this form not previously noted in burrows, but very abundant in this one, indicating importance of the factor of accessibility in storage. DEN 19. October 31, November 1, 1919. In good grass. Entire burrow system mapped (Fig. 2, p. 29). Species stored. Per cent. Grams. Aristida spp. (probably mostly _divaricata_) 98 } Eriogonum sp Tr. } Bouteloua rothrockii 1 } 1,813 Bouteloua aristidoides 1 } Panicum sp Tr. } |
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