Mono Recesses-Humphreys Area - North America
United States
Area
980 km²
Elevation
1360 - 4187 m
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Artiodactyla
Mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus
Bighorn sheep
Ovis canadensis
Carnivora
Coyote
Canis latrans
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Long-tailed weasel
Mustela frenata
American mink
Mustela vison
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Cougar
Puma concolor
Western spotted skunk
Spilogale gracilis
American badger
Taxidea taxus
Gray fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
American black bear
Ursus americanus
Chiroptera
Pallid bat
Antrozous pallidus
Townsend's big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
Big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Spotted bat
Euderma maculatum
Silver-haired bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western red bat
Lasiurus frantzii
California myotis
Myotis californicus
Long-eared myotis
Myotis evotis
Little brown bat
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed myotis
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged myotis
Myotis volans
Yuma myotis
Myotis yumanensis
Canyon bat
Parastrellus hesperus
Mexican free-tailed bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Lagomorpha
Black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
White-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii
American pika
Ochotona princeps
Desert cottontail
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Rodentia
North American beaver
Castor canadensis
Long-tailed pocket mouse
Chaetodipus formosus
Merriam's kangaroo rat
Dipodomys merriami
Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
Dipodomys microps
Panamint kangaroo rat
Dipodomys panamintinus
Sagebrush vole
Lemmiscus curtatus
Yellow-bellied marmot
Marmota flaviventris
Long-tailed vole
Microtus longicaudus
Montane vole
Microtus montanus
Bushy-tailed woodrat
Neotoma cinerea
Big-eared woodrat
Neotoma macrotis
Southern grasshopper mouse
Onychomys torridus
California ground squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Little pocket mouse
Perognathus longimembris
Perognathus mollipilosus
Perognathus mollipilosus
Brush mouse
Peromyscus boylii
California deermouse
Peromyscus californicus
Western harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Western gray squirrel
Sciurus griseus
Merriam's chipmunk
Tamias merriami
Least chipmunk
Tamias minimus
Lodgepole chipmunk
Tamias speciosus
Botta's pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae
Belding's ground squirrel
Urocitellus beldingi
Western jumping mouse
Zapus princeps
Pacific jumping mouse
Zapus trinotatus
Salmoniformes
Golden trout
Oncorhynchus aguabonita
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Soricomorpha
Northern broad-footed mole
Scapanus latimanus
Mount Lyell shrew
Sorex lyelli
Ornate shrew
Sorex ornatus
Trowbridge's shrew
Sorex trowbridgii
Vagrant shrew
Sorex vagrans
Roland A. Knapp, Daniel M. Boiano, Vance T. Vredenburg (2007). Removal of nonnative fish results in population expansion of a declining amphibian (mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa). Biological Conservation, 135(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.09.013
Orlando Sarnelle, Roland A. Knapp (2005). Nutrient recycling by fish versus zooplankton grazing as drivers of the trophic cascade in alpine lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 50(6), 2032-2042. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.2032
Zooplankton recovery after fish removal: limitations of the egg bank
Orlando Sarnelle, Roland A. Knapp (2004). Zooplankton recovery after fish removal: limitations of the egg bank. Limnology and Oceanography, 49(4part2), 1382-1392. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2004.49.4_part_2.1382
Genetic resilience of Daphnia populations following experimental removal of introduced fish
Leigh C. Latta, Debra L. Fisk, Roland A. Knapp, Michael E. Pfrender (2010). Genetic resilience of Daphnia populations following experimental removal of introduced fish. Conservation Genetics, 11(5), 1737-1745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0067-y
Cony Lake, Humphrey’s Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California (-118.690236, 37.251276)
No Good Lake, Humphrey’s Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California (-118.687661, 37.249252)
Upper LeConte, LeConte Basin, northern Kings Canyon National Park, California (-118.644643, 37.115923)
Lower LeConte, LeConte Basin, northern Kings Canyon National Park, California (-118.642781, 37.116008)
Black Giant Lake, LeConte Basin, northern Kings Canyon National Park, California (-118.639048, 37.113292)
Knob Lake, Humphrey’s Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California (-118.748151, 36.266791)
Square Lake, Humphrey’s Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California (-118.7065039648087, 37.26582621980664)
Marmot Lake, Humphreys Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California (-118.683957, 37.26002)