Impacts of simulated livestock grazing on Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens) in a low productivity ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 546-555

  Cheng, Ellen ^a,b   Ritchie, Mark E ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Herbivory; Interspecific interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; RODENTIA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; CYNOMYS PARVIDENS;

EID: 33644602922     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0286-y     Document Type: Article

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