Abundance and Distribution of Shrews and Other Small Mammals in the Chattahoochee National Forest of Georgia
We conducted extensive pitfall trapping surveys for soricids in the Blue Ridge and upper Piedmont portions of the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia from 3 July 1993 to 3 January 1994. In 76,103 trapnights, we collected 1,456 specimens representing 15 species. Survey efforts resulted in establishing the southernmost North American collection localities for Sorex cinereus, S. fumeus, S. hoyi, Clethrionomys gapperi, and Peromyscus maniculatus. Sorex cinereus and C. gapperi are restricted to high elevation, mesic forest communities in the Blue Ridge, while S. longirostris,...
