Landscape effects on black-tailed prairie dog colonies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-497

  Johnson, Whitney C ^a   Collinge, Sharon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dogs; Density; Landscape context; Roads; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CANID; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

BOULDER COUNTY; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 0242318889     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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