A preliminary study of small mammal presence and response to plague control at Wind Cave National Park
Licht DS. 2013. A preliminary study of small mammal presence and response to plague control at Wind Cave National Park. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/WICA/NRTR—2013/697. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
In the summer of 2012 small mammal trapping was conducted in portions of Wind Cave National Park. The results suggest that dusting for purposes of preventing plague epizootics in prairie dogs may be benefiting small mammals. Six small mammal trapping plots were placed in the new lands in the fall of 2012. The trapping did not capture any northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)—a species not previously documented in the park—however, it did document the presence of deer mice, hispid pocket mice (Chaetodipus hispidus), and the bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Licht, Daniel
- Date of Issue
- 2013-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HTLN , NRSS , WICA
- Keywords
- Colony, Control, deltamethrin, Disease, Dust, dusting, Fleas, insecticide, Mice, non-target, Plague, Prairie Dog, Small Mammal, Wind Cave National Park
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals