Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community California Fish and Game Journal, Issue 103-1 August 15, 2017 in California Fish and Game Journal, Wildlife Research The latest issue of California Fish and Game, CDFW’s scientific journal, is now available online. This century-old quarterly journal contains peer-reviewed scientific literature that explores and advances the conservation and understanding of California’s flora and fauna. Tagged With: elk, Fish and Game, Fish and Wildlife, bi-valve, black-tail, Butte Sink, California, CDFW, conservation, deer, habitat, journal, Klamath Mountains, Klamath River, lick sites, mineral, mountain lion, mussels, Oregon, pickleweed, radiotelemetry, research, Roosevelt, Sacramento Valley, salt marsh harvest mouse, scientific, Siskiyou, SMHM, studies, study, Winter Issue 103 Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Survey June 23, 2017 in Wildlife Research Deep in the pickleweed in the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Bays, the tiny salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) tries to avoid predators and compete with other species for prime habitat. Food and cover are abundant, but its overall habitat is shrinking as humans encroach upon its home range. In south San Francisco Bay alone, 95 percent of the historic salt marsh has been lost to industrial parks and subdivisions. Annual flooding in the winter can be perilous, too -- when vegetation is topped by rising tides, the mice must scramble to find taller vegetation or into upland habitat (grasses around the wetlands that don’t get flooded by the tides). Tagged With: Fish and Wildlife, California, CDFW, data, endangered, GPS, mammal, pickleweed, Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, SMHM, Suisun Bay, survey, video
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