Black-tailed prairie dog abundance and distribution in the great plains based on historic and contemporary information

Great Plains Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-254

  Knowles, Craig J ^a   Proctor, Jonathan D ^b   Forrest, Steven C ^c  

^a FaunaWest Wildlife Consultant   (United States)

^b Predator Conservation Alliance   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dog; Historic abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRAIRIE; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; RODENTIA; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036927430     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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