Habitat features affecting the success of the Endangered Ord’s Kangaroo Rat

This project focuses on evaluating habitat quality at two spatial scales: local and landscape. At a local scale, habitat quality will be assessed using body conditions (mass) and demographics (the number of females to juveniles) and vegetation characteristics important to Ord’s kangaroo rats. Assessment of habitat quality at a landscape scale involves using genetic material obtained from fur to examine how the entire Ord’s kangaroo rat population in Canada can be broken down into units to understand potential barriers to movement in the landscape. The Royal Saskatchewan Museum will benefit from this research by advancing understanding of wildlife and conservation in Saskatchewan and the larger prairie landscape while also promoting the Royal Saskatchewan Museum as an institution of advanced research.

Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Somers;Ryan Fisher

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Partner:

Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Regina

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