Ecosystem engineering by a colonial mammal: How prairie dogs structure rodent communities

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3298-3305

  VanNimwegen, Ron E ^a   Kretzer, Justin ^b   Cully Jr , Jack F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM)   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dogs; Community composition; Cynomys spp.; Ecosystem engineer; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Ordination; Rodents; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CANID; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER;

CIMARRON NATIONAL GRASSLAND; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KANSAS; MALE; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 60249088004     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1511.1     Document Type: Article

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