Table 1. Abundance of Small Mammals.
| Cheatgrass Cover (%) | ||||
| Family Species | Low (0–1.66) | Medium-Low (1.67–10) | Medium-High (10–47) | High (47–100) |
| Heteromyidae | ||||
| Dipodomys ordii | 3.00±1.19 | 1.47±0.75 | 2.38±0.66 | 2.71±1.25 |
| Dipodomys microps | 1.59±0.58 | 0.82±0.30 | 1.31±0.44 | 0.12±0.12 |
| Chaetodipus formosus | 0.35±0.35 | 0.82±0.49 | 1.13±0.62 | 0.18±0.13 |
| Perognathus parvus | - | 0.12±0.12 | 0.44±0.26 | 0.35±0.35 |
| Perognathus longimembris | - | 0.24±0.14 | - | - |
| Microdipodops megacephalus | 0.06±0.06 | - | - | - |
| Cricetidae | ||||
| Peromyscus maniculatus | 4.29±0.91 | 4.29±1.35 | 3.31±0.93 | 2.29±0.75 |
| Onychomys leucogaster | 0.06±0.06 | 0.18±0.10 | 0.19±0.14 | - |
| Neotoma lepida | 0.24±0.14 | - | 0.06±0.06 | - |
| Microtus montanus | - | - | 0.13±0.13 | - |
| Sciuridae | ||||
| Ammospermophilus leucurus | 1.24±0.57 | 0.76±0.41 | 0.38±0.22 | 0.06±0.06 |
| Neotamias minimus | - | 0.12±0.12 | - | - |
| Total | 10.82±1.80 | 8.82±1.41 | 9.31±1.19 | 5.71±1.40 |
Note. – Mean abundance of small mammals (minimum number known alive) captured by species ± SE in each quartile of cheatgrass cover (%) for 66 sites in the Great Basin Desert, Utah (data collected in 2011–2012).