Attributes of black-tailed prairie dog colonies in northcentral Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 664-673

  Reading, Richard P ^a   Matchett, Randy ^b  

^a DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^b Charles M Russell Natl Wildl R   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferrets; Black tailed prairie dog; Colony; Cynomys ludovicianus; Geograpic Information System; GIS; Modeling; Montana; Mustela nigripes

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0030841498     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802174     Document Type: Article

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