Mammals of Carolina Bays 



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POCOSIN COMMUNITIES 



Comparatively Short 



recent 

 fire or 

 disturbance 



infrequent 

 fire 



suppressed 

 fire 



Fig. 1. Suggested pattern of vegetation development of pocosins and associated 

 communities as related to disturbance, time, and hydroperiod (from Lee, in 

 manuscript. Breeding bird communities in pocosins.) 



METHODS 



Almost 17,000 trap-nights were involved in this study. (Trap-nights 

 equal the number of baited traps multiplied by the number of nights the 

 traps are in place). Trap-night success is the percentage of catch per 

 trap-night effort. Most trapping was done with Museum Specials baited 

 with peanut butter, but Sherman live traps (2 sizes), Conibear, leg hold, 

 Have-a-Hart type live traps, and mole traps were also used. Traps were 



