Persistence of Gunnison's prairie dog colonies in Arizona, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-339

  Wagner, David M ^a   Drickamer, Lee C ^a   Krpata, David M ^a   Allender, Christopher J ^a   Van Pelt, William E ^b   Keim, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Cynomys; Gunnison's prairie dog; Persistence; Plague

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE; HUNTING; PERSISTENCE; POISONING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI;

EID: 33645416763     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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