Cape ground squirrels as ecosystem engineers: modifying habitat for plants, small mammals and beetles in Namib Desert grasslands

Burrow-dwelling ecosystem engineers provide thermal refugia throughout the landscape

(2013) D. A. Pike et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Are Namibian “Fairy Circles” the Consequence of Self-Organizing Spatial Vegetation Patterning?

(2013) Michael D. Cramer et al.   PLoS One

Meta-analysis of the effects of small mammal disturbances on species diversity, richness and plant biomass

(2012) MEREDITH ROOT-BERNSTEIN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands

(2012) Ana D Davidson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Mole rats act as ecosystem engineers within a biodiversity hotspot, the Cape Fynbos

(2012) N. Hagenah et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Vigilance and grouping in the southern African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

(2011) Sarah Edwards et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Aardvark Burrows: A Potential Resource for Animals in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

(2011) G.M. Whittington-Jones et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Partitioning the effects of an ecosystem engineer: kangaroo rats control community structure via multiple pathways

(2011) Laura R. Prugh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Spatial variation in keystone effects: small mammal diversity associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies

(2010) Jack F. Cully et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The Social Organization of the Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris; Rodentia: Sciuridae)

(2010) Jane M. Waterman   ETHOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING BY A COLONIAL MAMMAL: HOW PRAIRIE DOGS STRUCTURE RODENT COMMUNITIES

(2008) Ron E. Van Nimwegen et al.   ECOLOGY