Factors associated with long-term changes in distribution of black-tailed prairie dogs in northwestern Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Avila Flores, Rafael ^a,b   Ceballos, Gerardo ^b   Villa Meza, Alejandra de ^c   List, Rurik ^b   Marcé, Erika ^b   Pacheco, Jesús ^b   Arturo Sanchez Azofeifa G ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Cal y Mayor y Asociados SC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dog; Chihuahua; Drought; Local extinction; Multitemporal analysis; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CANID; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT STRESS; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRAIRIE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 84856221850     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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