Estimation of occupied and unoccupied black-tailed prairie dog colony acreage in Colorado

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1311-1317

  Odell, Eric A ^a   Pusateri, Frances M ^a   White, Gary C ^b  

^a Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Black tailed prairie dogs; Colorado; Cynomys ludovicianus; Line intercept sampling; Monitoring; Optimal allocation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CANID; COLONY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 50249107428     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-510     Document Type: Article

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