Nighttime aboveground movements by prairie dogs on colonies inhabited by black-footed ferrets

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-265

  Eads, David A ^a,b   Chipault, Jennifer G ^b   Biggins, Dean E ^c   Livieri, Travis M ^d   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredator behavior; black footed ferret; Cynomys; Mustela nigripes; prairie dog; predator prey relationships

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77955067584     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0218     Document Type: Article

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