Mr. Fred E. Mang Jr., Photographer, National Park Service, processed
large numbers of photomicrographs of plant epidermis. Dr. Kenneth B.
Armitage, The University of Kansas, offered valuable suggestions for the
study of water consumption in the two species of _Peromyscus_, and
permitted me to use facilities of the Zoological Research Laboratories
at The University of Kansas. Dr. Richard F. Johnston, The University of
Kansas, permitted me to house mice in his controlled-temperature room at
the Zoological Research Laboratories. I am grateful to all of the above
mentioned persons for their aid.
I acknowledge with gratitude the guidance, encouragement, and critical
assistance of Professor E. Raymond Hall throughout the course of the
study and preparation of the manuscript. I also extend my sincere thanks
to Professors Henry S. Fitch, Robert W. Baxter, and William A. Clemens
for their helpful suggestions and assistance.
To my wife, Virginia, I am grateful for encouragement and assistance
with many time-consuming tasks connected with field work and preparation
of the manuscript.
Travel funds provided by the Kansas Academy of Science permitted me to
work in the park in August, 1965. The Wetherill Mesa Project was an
interdisciplinary program of the National Park Service to which the
National Geographic Society contributed generously. I am indebted to the
Society for a major share of the support that resulted in this report.
This is contribution No. 44 of the Wetherill Mesa Project.
DESCRIPTIONS OF MAJOR TRAPPING LOCALITIES
Trapping was begun in September of 1961 in order to analyze the
composition of rodent populations within the park. I used the method of
trapping employed by Calhoun (1948) in making the Census of North
American Small Mammals (N. A. C. S. M.). It consisted of two lines of
traps, each 1,000 feet long having 20 trapping stations that were 50
feet apart. The lines were either parallel at a distance of 400 feet
from each other, or were joined to form a line 2,000 feet long. Three
snap traps were placed within a five-foot radius of each station, and
were set for three consecutive nights. More than a dozen areas were
selected for extensive trapping (Fig. 1). Some of these were retrapped
in consecutive years in order to measure changes in populations.
One circular trapline of 159.5 feet radius was established in November
1961, and was tended for 30 consecutive days to observe the effect of
removing the more dominant species (Calhoun, 1959).
Other mouse traps and rat traps were set in suitable places on talus
slopes, rocky cliffs, and in cliff dwellings. Most of these traps were
operated for three consecutive nights.
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