Decline of the Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in two Mountain Ranges in New Mexico

Using biogeographical history to inform conservation: the case of Preble's meadow jumping mouse

“…; Ackerly et al . ) and anthropogenic fragmentation (Andren ) that may precipitate jumping mice declines (Frey & Malaney ; Malaney et al . ).…”

“…; Trainor et al . ), are problematic for mesic‐associated organisms throughout the xeric environments of the west (Frey & Malaney ). Analyses herein identified other lineages with higher conservation priority, reinforcing the premise that management efforts should first identify and preserve the most ecologically and evolutionarily divergent units (May et al .…”

Phylogeography of the western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps) detects deep and persistent allopatry with expansion

“…Shifts in elevation and latitude are projected to correspond to changing temperatures (Walther et al 2002;Parmesan 2006;Petit et al 2008) and several species in the Sierras have declined over the last century, including jumping mice (Moritz et al 2008). Other species have shown recent extirpations, such as alpine pika (Galbreath et al 2009(Galbreath et al , 2010Beever et al 2010), with declines also common elsewhere (DeChaine and Martin 2005a; Knowles and Richards 2005;Albach et al 2006;Haubrich and Schmitt 2007) including jumping mice (Frey and Malaney 2009).…”

“…), and aspen (Populus spp.) stands typically associated with riparian systems and high-elevation mesic habitats (Quimby 1951;Krutzsch 1954;Hart et al 2004;Frey and Malaney 2009). Because these habitats are limited in extent and isolated within predominantly xeric environments, populations of montane mesic-associated mammals are hypothesized to exhibit a deeper divergence than their northern counterparts.…”

Capture Locations of Two Endangered Rodents During a 1902 Exploration of the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

“…Reallocation of these records to James Canyon has important conservation implications. Z. h. luteus is restricted to well-developed riparian habitats in close association with perennial water (Morrison 1992, Frey 2006, Frey and Malaney 2009. During field surveys conducted by one of us ( JKF) in 2005 and 2007, James Canyon had no perennial water or riparian vegetation, and Z. h. luteus was extirpated from the canyon.…”