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M.F. Smith.
1976
JOURNAL
Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif.
Mar. 23 Went out at 6:45 am to check traps.
Grassland
Trap 4 P. manic. > adult
green grass 30cm high 50%, herbs 20%, holes + dirt 30%
toe clip
#
↓
54
5 meters from creek
Buildings
Trap Hastings 25 P. manic. > adult? 10gm dead
Trap Hastings no # recapture 2 14gm dead
Trap Hastings 13 Reithrodontomys megalotis released
under water trough 7 meters from lower barn
Trap 15 recapture 4 released
alive
along fence at end of row of lab buildings grass 80%, dirt 20%
Trap 15 P. truei saved
alive
in same trap as the animal above
Finished there at 8:15 am. Morning had started out
with fog, but some blue sky. Frost on grass in meadow.
Now completely overcast. Cleared again at 9:00am
Chaparral
Trap 24 Neotoma fuscipes released
under clump of Ceanothus at edge of chaparral
ceanothus 50%, herbs 10%, bare dirt 40%
saved for tissues
Trap 31 P. truei alive
under clump of chamise, 10 meters from edge of chaparral
chamise 50%, bare dirt 50%
Trap 38 P. manic > adult cinnamon colored 55
Trap 41 P. truei saved for tissues
alive
End of Davis' garage under shrub 1 1/2 meters high 50%
grass 10%, dirt 40%