A grassy meadow lies just to the east of the highway into the park,
one-quarter of a mile southeast of the park's entrance. On July 30,
1963, one hundred traps were placed in two lines through the meadow, and
were run for one night. Only individuals of _P. maniculatus_ were caught
(Table 1).
_M-2 Weather Station, Chapin Mesa_
The M-2 weather station of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project was
on the middle of Chapin Mesa at an elevation of 7,200 feet. This site
was in an old C. C. C. area, about one mile north of the park's U. S.
Weather Bureau station. The vegetation surrounding the M-2 site was a
pinyon-juniper-muttongrass association. It was thought that both species
of _Peromyscus_ would occur in this habitat.
On May 10, 1964, 25 traps were placed in this area and were run for one
night. Only individuals of _P. truei_ were caught (Table 1).
_Grassy Meadow, Southern End Moccasin Mesa_
This large meadow is located eight miles south of the northern rim of
Moccasin Mesa. The meadow lies in a broad, shallow depression that forms
the head of a large drainage (Fig. 1). To the south of the meadow the
drainage deepens, then reaches bedrock as it approaches the pour-off.
On August 23, 1964, one hundred traps were set in pairs in a line
through the middle of the meadow; adjacent pairs were 20 feet from each
other. Only individuals of _P. maniculatus_ were caught (Table 1).
Grasses are dominant in the ground cover, and _Sphaeralcea coccinea_
(globe mallow) is codominant. The abundance of globe mallow is due to
the present and past disturbance of this meadow by a colony of pocket
gophers. Trees are absent in the meadow. Species of plants include the
following:
_Opuntia polyacantha_
_Chenopodium_ sp.
_Artemisia ludoviciana_
_Chrysothamnus nauseosus_
_Koeleria cristata_
_Poa pratensis_
_Lupinus ammophilus_
_Calochortus gunnisonii_
_Erigeron speciosus_
_Gutierrezia sarothrae_
_Tetradymia canescens_
_Tragopogon pratensis_
_Bromus tectorum_
_Sphaeralcea coccinea_
_Eriogonum racemosum_
_Polygonum sawatchense_
_Comandra umbellata_
_Penstemon strictus_
_Bedrock Outcroppings, Southern End Moccasin Mesa_
Two miles south of the preceding site, much of the mesa is a wide
expanse of exposed bedrock, which extends approximately 100 feet inward
from the edges of the mesa. Pinyon-juniper-mixed shrub woodland adjoins
the bedrock.
On August 23, 1964, 25 traps were placed along the bedrock, near the
edge of the forest. Only two mice, both _P. truei_, were caught. (Table
1).
HOME RANGE
In order to learn how extensively mice of different ages travel within
their habitats, whether their home ranges overlap, and how many animals
live within an area, it was necessary to determine home ranges for as
many mice, of each species, as possible (Hayne, 1949; Mohr and Stumpf,
1966; Sanderson, 1966).
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