Alteration of Bison and Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Grazing Interaction by Prescribed Burning
Coppock DL and Detling JK. 1986. Alteration of Bison and Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Grazing Interaction by Prescribed Burning. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 50(3):452-455
Bison (Bison bison) use of a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony was compared before and after a prescribed burn on adjacent, uncolonized grassland at Wind Cave National Park (WCNP), South Dakota, 1979-80. On a daily basis cow-calf herds increased their use of the burned grassland 12 x and decreased their use of the colony by 30-63% following the burn. Prescribed burns could be effective in mitigating bison impacts on colonies.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Coppock, D; Detling, James
- Units
- WICA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Animals, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), Bison (Bos bison), Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), Calves, Colony, cows, Ecology, Environmental Assessment, FIRE, Fire Ecology, Fire Suppression, Grassland, Grassland Ecology, Grazing, Habitats, little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Mammals, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, Plant Ecology, Prescribed Burns, sage (Salvia), Ungulates, western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii)