Annual status report: 1999 black-tailed prairie dog monitoring for Scotts Bluff National Monument
Rizzo WM. 2001. Annual status report: 1999 black-tailed prairie dog monitoring for Scotts Bluff National Monument. Program Report 00-001. Columbia, MO
Black-tailed prairie dog monitoring at Scotts Bluff National Monument (SCBL) and six other prairie parks began in 1995 to collect baseline data while simultaneously developing a monitoring protocol for the NPS Prairie Cluster Long-term Ecological Monitoring program. The objective of prairie dog monitoring is to determine: 1) prairie dog density and total abundance; 2) size and location of prairie dog colonies, achieved by producing annual colony maps; and 3) surveillance of sylvatic plague.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rizzo, William
- Date of Issue
- 2001-01
- Units
- NGPN , SCBL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys lucdovicianus, monitoring report, Population Monitoring, prairie dog monitor, Prairie Dog Monitoring, sylvatic plague