Biology ETDs

Don E. Wilson

Publication Date

3-15-1967

Abstract

The Sandia Mountains in central New Mexico present an opportunity not often available for comparative studies of mice of the genus Peromyscus. Five species of Peromyscus are present in the range. Most investigators have been able to study only two or three naturally coexisting species of Peromyscus (McCabe and Blanchard, 1950; Dice, 1942; Jameson, 1951). Naylor (1964) described the vegetation, geography, and climate of the Sandia Mountains and Tatschl (1966) described bird distribution. A bioecological study of the Juan Tabo area is also available (Parker, 1949). The present study represents an attempt to elucidate the distribution of five species of Peromyscus according to elevation, slope, vegetation, interspecific and intraspecific relationships. It is intended to evaluate some of the ecological mechanisms involved in the coexistence of closely related sympatric species. A special attempt has been made to determine the ecological relationships of three "big-eared" Peromyscus: boyleii, difficilis, and truei.

Project Sponsors

The National Science Foundation

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

James Smith Findley

Second Committee Member

William Clarence Martin

Third Committee Member

William George Degenhardt

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