Results from a decade of black-tailed prairie dog monitoring
Peitz DG and Cribbs JT. 2006. Results from a decade of black-tailed prairie dog monitoring. Pages 349-358. In North American Prairie Conference. Kearney, Nebraska. July 23-26, 2006. University of Nebraska, Kearney
The purpose of this paper is to combine the results of a decade of Black-tailed prairie dog monitoring. The area of study was Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska because it is one of eight National Park Service units with one or more black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Since 1995, a total of 202 observations were made on the population of the main colony to estimate annual densities and abundances. The sylvatic plague was also monitored in order to demonstrate that a viable black-tailed prairie dog population can establish from a few vagrant individuals and that recovery from a near 100% die-off is possible.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Peitz, David; Cribbs, J.
- Units
- HTLN , NGPN , SCBL
- Keywords
- Colony, cynomys ludovicianus, Density, HTLN Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring, HTLN Journal Articles, Keystone species, Mapping, Monitoring, monitoring report, Nebraska, population, prairie dog monitor, sylvatic plague, Yersinia pestis