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Mongolian Small Mammal Parasite Project
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Gorkhi Terelj National Park This site is located in the Khentey
mountains,
north of the
capital Ulaan Bataar. It is a mesic locality with high elevational and
habitat variability. The valleys (approximately 1400 m in elevation) are short-grass steppe with large rock outcroppings.
The mountain sides (1470- 2000 m) have a combination of meadows, talus slopes, large boulders, and larch-birch forest patches. The narrow ridges of
the mountain tops have pine, larch and birch patches, meadows and talus slopes.
This site was originally selected for a small mammal monitoring project to be continued by staff and students from the National University. However, use of the site had to be discontinued. Following several years of drought and economic downturns, the valley filled with migrant herders. The influx of people and livestock into the area made in no longer possible to continue the work. MammalsScientific names have been updated to reflect current usage (Wilson and Reeder, 2005)Laxmann's shrew - Sorex cacutiens Brown big-eared bat -Plecotus auritus Long-tailed ground squirrel - Spermophilus undulatus Siberian chipmunk - Tamias sibiricus Asian badger - Meles leucurus Striped dwarf hamster -Cricetulus barabensis Gray red-backed vole -Myodes rufocanus Northern red-back-vole -Myodes rutilus Korean field mouse -Apodemus penninsulae Northern pika -Ochotona hyperborea Parasites and Hosts |
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This page was last modified on 14 May, 2010 - David S. Tinnin |
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