Growth and life-history changes in Gunnison's prairie dogs after a plague epizootic

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 146-157

  Cully Jr , Jack F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys gunnisoni; demography; growth; Leslie matrix; life history; prairie dogs

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030990188     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382647     Document Type: Article

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