Landscape structure and plague occurrence in black-tailed prairie dogs on grasslands of the western USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 941-955

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a   Johnson, Whitney C ^a   Ray, Chris ^a   Matchett, Randy ^b   Grensten, John ^c   Cully Jr , Jack F ^d   Gage, Kenneth L ^e   Kosoy, Michael Y ^e   Loye, Jenella E ^f   Martin, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Disease; Grasslands; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape context; Montana; Plague; Prairie dogs; Rodents; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BOULDER COUNTY; COLORADO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; PHILLIPS COUNTY [MONTANA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 27744495157     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-4617-5     Document Type: Article

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