Mountain plover responses to plague in montana

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Dinsmore, Stephen J ^a   Smith, Mark D ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dog; Charadrius montanus; Cynomys ludovicianus; Meta population; Montana; Mountain plover; Occupancy; Plague

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIRD; BREEDING; CHARADIUS MONTANUS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MONTANA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77249136357     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0046     Document Type: Article

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