Risk-disturbance overrides density dependence in a hunted colonial rodent, the black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1219-1230

  Pauli, Jonathan N ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Coloniality; Density dependence; Hunting; Prairie dog; Risk disturbance; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; VULNERABILITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35648975618     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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