A holistic survey of small mammal diversity across an iconic Madrean Sky Island (Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA)

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Authors

Dakota M. Rowsey · Science Museum of Minnesota

Stephanie M. Smith · Field Museum of Natural History

Luisa J. Zamora Chavez · Arizona State University

Damien C. Rivera · Arizona State University

S. Hess · National Ecological Observatory Network

Matthew F. Jones · Arizona State University

Melanie Bucci

Abstract

Surveying the terrestrial small mammals of the Santa Catalina Mountains, part of the Madrean Sky Islands, we analyze modern occurrences relative to previous records and demonstrate the potential value of holistically surveying sky island small mammals.

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Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

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Published in: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.15.711934

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A holistic survey of small mammal diversity across an iconic Madrean Sky Island (Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA)

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