Rodent communities in active and inactive colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs in shortgrass steppe

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Stapp, Paul ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys ludovicianus; Grassland biodiversity; Habitat associations; Onychomys leucogaster; Peromyscus maniculatus; Primer; Rodent communities; Shortgrass prairie; Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Indexed keywords

CANID; COLONY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PAWNEE NATIONAL GRASSLAND; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHAETODIPUS HISPIDUS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PEROGNATHUS FLAVUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS;

EID: 33847681427     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-206R3.1     Document Type: Article

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