Cactus Mouse in the Mojave Desert (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Cactus Mouse in the Mojave Desert

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A Cactus Mouse sticks its head out of a rock crevice. Use of these kinds of microhabitats during the day buffered small mammals from exposure to climate change and resulted in community stability over the past century, while the Mojave bird community experienced a 3-fold increase in cooling costs during the same time and collapsed.

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Jack Daynes photo

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