Ecological Distribution of the Mammals of Clark Canyon, Charleston Mountains, Nevada

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Abstract
A total of 8,660 trap nights and 23 mist net hours were expended in a study of the distribution of small mammals in Clark Canyon, Charleston Mountains (Spring Mountain Range), during June of 1961 and 1962. The mammals are regarded as components of biotic communities which are described in detail. The numbers of species increase with an increase in environmental heterogeneity which is often correlated with a decrease in elevation. Data are presented which indicate that a later reproductive season in 1962 is correlated with the more severe climatic conditions in the winter and the delayed spring of that year.

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