Terrestrial vertebrate communities at black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-100

  Lomolino, Mark V ^a   Smith, Gregory A ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biological diversity; Black tailed prairie dog; Conservation; Cynomys ludovicianus; Ecosystem engineer; Fragmentation; Great Plains; Keystone species; Mammals; Oklahoma; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; GRASSLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MAVORTIUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANURA; APUS APUS; BOS TAURUS; BUFO; BUFO COGNATUS; BUFO WOODHOUSII; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; CAUDATA; CERVIDAE; CROTALIS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; LEPUS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PELOBATIDAE; PHRYNOSOMA; PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; REPTILIA; SCAPHIOPUS; SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS; SCIURIDAE; SERPENTES; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS; SQUAMATA; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; TAXUS; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TESTUDINES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS RADIX; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0141941088     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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