Influence of fire on black-tailed prairie dog colony expansion in shortgrass steppe

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538-542

  Augustine, David J ^a   Cully Jr , Jack F ^b   Johnson, Tammi L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys ludovicianus; Grassland disturbance; Prescribed burning; Semiarid rangeland; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; COLONY; DISTURBANCE; PRAIRIE; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGELAND; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 35349000734     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[538:IOFOBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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