Eagle Hill Institute Distribution and Microhabitat of the Woodland Jumping Mouse, Napaeozapus insignis, and the White-Footed Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, in the Southern Appalachians Author(s): M. Patrick Brannon Source: Southeastern Naturalist, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2005), pp. 479-486 Published by: Eagle Hill Institute Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3878191 . Accessed: 29/08/2013 18:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Eagle Hill Institute is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Southeastern Naturalist. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.109.48.4 on Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:11:58 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 2005 SOUTHEASTERNNATURALIST 4(3):479-486 Distributionand Microhabitat of the WoodlandJumping Mouse, Napaeozapus insignis, and the White-footed Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, in the Southern Appalachians M. PATRICKBRANNON* Abstract - The distributions of woodland jumping mice (Napaeozapus insignis Miller)and white-footedmice (Peromyscusleucopus Rafinesque) and theirassoci- atedmicrohabitats were examined in fourhabitat types in the PisgahNational Forest of westernNorth Carolina. A totalof 115 jumpingmice and 192 white-footedmice werecollected using arrays of driftfences with pitfalls in 3 north-facingand 3 south- facing uplandplots, and in 3 north-and 3 south-facingstreamside plots, duringthe autumnof 1996 and the springand summerof 1997.