Based on overall investigation upon fauna and species distribution characteristics of rodents in Alashan Desert, the four kinds of study areas under different human disturbance were selected in typical region in Alashan Desert of Inner Mongolia from 2002 to 2004, i.e. farmland, rotational grazing, over-grazing and forbidden grazing areas.
The rodent communities in the four kinds of study areas were investigated by using trap-day and mark-recapture methods on three principal scales: 1h...