TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ABUNDANCE OF PEROMYSCUS-LEUCOPUS IN WOODED HABITATS OF EASTERN KANSAS

White-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) were sampled during spring, su mmer and autumn on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas, fr om autumn 1981 to spring 1988. Abundance was greater in gallery forest than in wooded outcrop habitat, although temporal patterns of abundan ce were similar with highs in 1981-1982 and 1985-1986. Standard deviat ions (SD) of the common logarithm of abundance were less than or equal to 0.32 for each of four sites in spring, summer and autumn, except f or one forest site in spring. Our SD values were similar to those repo rted for other populations of P. leucopus. Abundance of P. leucopus wa s related to its abundance in the previous season (spring abundance vs . that in previous autumn, summer abundance vs. that in previous sprin g and autumn abundance vs. that in previous summer), seed production b y woody vegetation and precipitation, but the factors that had a major influence on abundance of P. leucopus varied among spring, summer and autumn populations. Ambient temperature was unrelated to abundance of P. leucopus during each of the 3 seasons studied.