Effect of family support on the success of translocated black-tailed prairie dogs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1780-1790

  Shier, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Familiarity; Founder group; Prairie dog; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 33845497488     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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