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Summer Distribution And Food Habits Of Microtus In The Logan Canyon Area, Utah, James B. Monroe
Summer Distribution And Food Habits Of Microtus In The Logan Canyon Area, Utah, James B. Monroe
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Field work for the study was conducted in Logan Canyon and the valley at the base of that canyon in Cache County, Utah, during the three summer months of both 1968 and 1969, Microtus pennsylvanicus, found only in the valley, inhabits wet marshy areas. Microtus longicaudus is found in mixed deciduous woods a long the Logan River in the canyon. Microtus richardsoni, which occurs only at the higher elevations, inhabits the subalpine meadows. Microtus montanus inhabits mesic grassy fields in both the valley and Logan Canyon and also inhabits a mixed deciduous woods and tall canary grass ( …