More stomach-content samples were available from winter than from the other seasons ( Figure 2 ), but the distribution of food types eaten by sandy inland mice did not differ between the seasons (χ 2 = 3.24, 6 df, p = 0.78) or boom-and-bust conditions (χ 2 = 5.94, 2 df, p = 0.051), although there was a strong trend for association in the latter test due to an increase in representation of invertebrates in the diet during busts ( Table 2 ).
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Foraging and Food Selection in a Desert Rodent: Diet Shifts of the Sandy Inland Mouse between Population Booms and Busts.
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However, as the boom-and-bust comparison was close to being significant, a SIMPER analysis was run.