Viewpoint: The black-tailed prairie dog-headed for extinction?

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 459-466

  Wuerthner, George ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Great Plains; Prairie dog conservation strategy; Rangeland policy

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED MAMMAL;

GREAT PLAINS; USA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030763225     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003699     Document Type: Review

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