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Understanding animal-habitat relationships remains one of the key inquiries of ecology. In studying animal-habitat relationships, the traditional approach has adopted a resource-centered view, relying heavily on directly measuring attributes of a habitat itself. However, ecologi…

This dissertation explores the habitat selection and community structure of South African and Egyptian small mammals at different spatial scales. I studied the effect of “islands” of woody vegetation on habitat suitability for the striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio. I used live tr…