Deltamethrin flea-control preserves genetic variability of black-tailed prairie dogs during a plague outbreak

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Jones, Philip H ^a,c   Biggins, Dean E ^b   Eads, David A ^b   Eads, Samantha L ^b   Britten, Hugh B ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys ludovicianus; Dusting; Epizootic; Refugia; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECTICIDE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PRAIRIE; REFUGIUM; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VACCINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84856218431     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0275-0     Document Type: Article

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