User:Iacjjason/Sonoma chipmunk

Areas of Improvement
- Lacks information on the origin of the specie, predators, food chain information.

- Lacks information on how their habitat has changed due to mankind.

- Doesn't mention anything about the disease or virus they carry.

- Elaborate more on habitat and how they choose where to make burrows or make tree nests.

- Need to add more information about the 2 other species of chipmunks found in the geographic range of the Sonoma chipmunk: the yellow-pine chipmunk and the Townsend's chipmunk. The article only talks about the difference in colors, ears, and tails.

- Add a section on migration patterns.

- Add a section on family patterns and how older chipmunks raise their offsprings.

- No information on the weather that the chipmunks prefer.

- Not clear enough information on chipmunk reproduction.

- Lack of categorization and missing information on parts such as chipmunk's reproduction time, pattern, and behaviors. == "Distribution and prevalence of vector borne diseases" Mary H. Straub Citation == "Chipmunk species are often not differentiated by public health workers, yet different species utilize different ecological niches and may have intrinsically different capacities for maintaining vector-borne pathogens and infecting vectors. We surveyed over 700 individuals from nine species of chipmunks throughout California for exposure to and infection by Y. pestis, A. phagocytophilum, RF Borrelia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi, and SFG Rickettsia species. DNA of all five pathogens was found and all chipmunks except Merriam’s chipmunk (T. merriami) were PCR-positive for at least one of the pathogens." - "Distribution and prevalence of vector borne diseases" Mary H. Straub

Summary: In the Article "Distribution and prevalence of vector-borne diseases in California chipmunks," Mary Straub emphasizes that although chipmunk species carry different vector borne pathogens and infecting vectors, out of 700 individuals from 9 species of chipmunks, all chipmunks carried the DNA of all five pathogens.