Area of black-tailed prairie dog colonies in eastern Colorado

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 265-272

  White, Gary C ^a,b   Dennis, James R ^b   Pusateri, Frances M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Black tailed prairie dog; Cynomys ludovicianus; Line intercept sampling; Monitoring; Optimal allocation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; COLONY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; RODENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 21044435537     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[265:AOBPDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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