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The Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Level (1987)

Chapter: Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics." National Research Council. 1987. The Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Level. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1007.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics." National Research Council. 1987. The Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Level. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1007.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics." National Research Council. 1987. The Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Level. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1007.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics." National Research Council. 1987. The Mono Basin Ecosystem: Effects of Changing Lake Level. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1007.
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Appendix B Mammals of the Mono Basin and Their Ecological Characteristics LEGEND: Habitat (1 = alpine/subalpine, 2 = Lodgepole forest, 3 = Jeffrey pine forest, 4 = Pinyon juniper, 5 = sagebrush-steppe, 6 = exposed lake bed and dunes, 7 = riparian, 8 = meadows and marshes); ResDonse to Disturbances (A = lowering lake level, B = decreasing streamflow, C = increased grazing, D = increased frequency of fires), 0 = no change likely, + = increase, - = decrease. Distribution of bats in this region is poorly known. Response to Disturbances Common Name Scientific Name Habitat A B C D Vagrant Shrew Sorex vagrans 7,8 0 - O O Dusky Shrew Sorex monticolus 7,8 0 - O O Water Shrew Sorex palustris 7,8 - - O O Merriam's Shrew Sorex merriami 6 0 0 0 0 Mt. Lyell Shrew Sorex Iyelli 7,8 - - O O Inyo Shrew Sorex tenellus 7 0 - O O Broad-handed Scapanus latimanus 7,8 0 - O O Mole Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus Hairy-winged Myotis Myotis volans Small-footed Myotis Myotis subulatus Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis 226

Appendix B Common Name Scientific Name Habitat Western Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus Hoary Bat Brazilian Free-tailed Bat 227 Response to Disturbances A B C D Lasuirus cinereus Tadarida brasiliensis Pika Ochotona princeps 1 0 0 0 0 White-tailed Hare Lepus townsendii 1,2,3 0 0 - O Black-tailed Lepus californicus 5,6,8 0 0 0 0 Jackrabbit Nuttall's Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii 7,8,4,5 0 0 0 0 Pygmy Rabbit Brachylagus idahoenis 5,7 0 - - O Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa 7,8 - - O O Yellow-tailed Marmota flaviventris 1 0 0 0 0 Marmot Townsend Ground Spermophilus 5,6 0 0 0 0 Squirrel townsendii gelding Ground Spermophilus 8 0 0 0 0 Squirrel beldingi Beechey Ground Spermophilus 8 0 0 + + Squirrel beecheyi Golden-mantled Spermophilus 2,3,4,7 0 0 0 0 Ground Squirrel lateralis Alpine Chipmunk Eutamias alpinus 1 0 0 0 0 Lodgepole Chipmunk Eutamias speciosus 2,3 0 0 0 0 Yellow-pine Eutamias amoenus 3,4 0 0 0 0 Chipmunk Panamint Chipmunk Eutamias panamintinus 4,5 0 0 0 0 Least Chipmunk Eutamias minimus 5,4,3 0 0 0 0

228 The Mono Basin Ecosystem Response to Disturbances Common Name Scientific Name Habitat A B C D Chickaree Tamiasciurus 2,3 0 0 0 0 douglasii Beaver Castor canadensis 7 0 - O O Northern Pocket Thomomys talpoides 8,7 0 - O O Gopher Great Basin Perognathus parvus 4,5 0 0 0 0 Pocket Mouse Dark Kangaroo Microdipodops 6 0 0 0 0 Mouse megacephalus Ord's Kangaroo Dipodomys ordii 6 0 0 0 0 Rat Panamint Kangaroo Dipodomys 5 0 0 0 0 Rat panamintinus Great Basin Kangaroo Dipodomys microps 0 0 0 O Rat Western Harvest Reithrodontomys 8 - - O O Mouse megalotis Deer Mouse Peromyscus all 0 0 0 0 maniculatus Pinyon Mouse Peromyscus trued 4 0 0 0 0 Northern Grasshopper Onychomys 5,6,4 0 0 0 0 Mouse leucogaster Bushy-tailed Neotoma cinerea most 0 0 0 0 Woodrat Desert Woodrat Neotoma lepida most Montane Vole Microtus montanus 8 O O O O _ _ O O Long-tailed Microtus longicaudus 7,8 0 - O O Vole Sagebrush Vole Lagurus curtatus 5,4,6 Heather Vole Phenacomys 1 in termed ius O O O O O O O O

AppendFix B 229 Response to Disturbances Common Name Scientific Name Habitat A B C D Muskrat Ondatra zibethica ponds Western Jumping Zapus princeps 7,8 Mouse _ _ O O O O O Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum 2,7 0 - O Coyote Canis latrans all O - O O Red Fox Vulpes fulva 2,1,8 0 0 - O Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis 6,5 0 0 0 0 Gray Fox Urocyon 4,7, 0 0 0 0 cinereoargenteus Black Bear Ursus americanus 1,2 0 0 0 0 Raccoon Procyon rotor 7 0 - O O Long-tailed Mustela frenata all O O O O Weasel Short-tailed Mustela erminea 2,1,4 0 0 0 0 Weasel Mink Mustela vison 7,8 - - O O Marten Martes americana 2,1 0 0 0 0 Fisher Martes pennant) 2,3 0 0 0 0 Wolverine Gulo luscus 1,2 0 0 0 0 Badger Taxidea taxus 8 0 0 0 0 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis 7 0 - O O Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius rocky,7 0 0 0 0 Bobcat Lynx rufus 4,5 0 - O O Mountain Lion Felis concolor 2,3,4 Mule Deer Pronghorn Odocoileus hemionus 7,4,3,2 Antilocapra americana 5,4 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis 1 O O O O O - O O O O - O O O - O

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Mono Basin is a closed hydrologic basin spanning the border between California and Nevada. Los Angeles has been diverting streams since 1941 that normally would flow into Mono Lake. It has been predicted that continued diversion will have major ecological consequences for the natural resources of the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. This book studies the ecological risk assessment that considers the effects of water diversions on an inland saline lake. It examines the hydrology of the Mono Basin, investigates the lake's physical and chemical systems, studies the biological relationships, and predicts the effects of changes in lake levels on the ecosystem.

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