Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4403
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7. Code 1958 Lemmus trimucronatus 27 June - cont.- any predator have been found. Will look over this area again tomorrow. It is the heaviest used and most extensively used area so far found at this station. Except for the fact that summer growth is more advanced, the degree of cutting is quite comparable to the most heavily cut areas around Barrow. Again it is worth noting that this area follows along a river. The zone appears to be extensive along the right limit of the river across from the Coal Mine - perhaps 2-3 miles long. There is no habitat at Barrow exactly comparable to this ground because of the heavy advent of dwarf willows with the groves and ridges. It is closest perhaps to the intermediate areas above the low marshes and below the ridges. June - This evening I found a nest on the side of a man-made pile of peat adjacent to hedge-grass marsh which had an adult death Lemming inside. The carcass was quite maggoty but still showed the semi- curved posture and blood-stained nose typical of the dead animals found at Barrow. 29 June Examined the ground across the river from the village again today. The heavily cut