Vegetation of prairie dog colonies and non-colonized short-grass prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 502-508

  Winter, Stephen L ^a   Cully Jr , Jack F ^a   Pontius, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Box 202A   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare ground; Black tailed prairie dog; Cover; Cynomys ludovicianus; Frequency; Herbivory; Shortgrass prairie; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; GRASS; HERBIVORY; PRAIRIE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARISTIDA; ARISTIDA PURPUREA; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 0036383444     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003230     Document Type: Article

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