Implications of black-tailed prairie dog spatial dynamics to black-footed ferrets

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-25

  Jachowski, David S ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Biggins, Dean E ^b   Livieri, Travis M ^c,e   Matchett, Marc R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

^d Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e Prairie Wildlife Research

Author keywords

Black footed ferrets; Conata basin; Prairie dogs; Spatial distribution; UL Bend

Indexed keywords

CANID; COLONY STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CONATA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES;

EID: 38349091492     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[14:IOBPDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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