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Author : Glenn Edward Plumb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring Protocol for Seven Prairie Parks written by Glenn Edward Plumb and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Edward Plumb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Background Information and Methods Testing for the Development of a Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring Protocol for Seven Prairie Parks written by Glenn Edward Plumb and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hoogland
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597268526
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog written by John Hoogland and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prairie dog is a colonial, keystone species of the grassland ecosystem of western North America. Myriad animals regularly visit colony-sites to feed on the grass there, to use the burrows for shelter or nesting, or to prey on the prairie dogs. Unfortunately, prairie dogs are disappearing, and the current number is only about 2% of the number encountered by Lewis and Clark in the early 1800s. Part I of Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog summarizes ecology and social behavior for pivotal issues such as when prairie dogs breed, how far they disperse, how they affect other organisms, and how much they compete with livestock. Part II documents how loss of habitat, poisoning, plague, and recreational shooting have caused the precipitous decline of prairie dog populations over the last 200 years. Part III proposes practical solutions that can ensure the long-term survival of the prairie dog and its grassland ecosystem, and also are fair to private landowners. We cannot expect farmers and ranchers to bear all the costs of conservation while the rest of us enjoy all the benefits. With 700 references, 37 tables, 75 figures and photographs, and a glossary, Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog is a unique and vital contribution for wildlife managers, politicians, environmentalists, and curious naturalists.
Author : Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Texas Black-tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring Packet written by Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Wind Cave National Park (N.P.), Elk Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Southeast Geographic Area Rangeland Management on National Forest System Lands of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in South Dakota written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Park Service
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492931645
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Monitoring at Scotts Bluff National Monument written by National Park Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using methodologies outlined by Plumb et al. (1999), black-tailed prairie dog populations were monitored for the 12th consecutive year on Scotts Bluff National Monument. The main colony population declined in size and density from the previous year. Density was below the 12-year average. However, population size was well above the 12-year average. The area occupied by prairie dogs on the main colony was greater than the previous year and above the 12-year average. Areas occupied by the prairie dogs north of the canal and in the Saddle Rock unit of the monument were up from the previous year. However, populations on both had declined slightly. Evidence of Sylvatic plague, a bacterium fatal to prairie dogs, was not observed in the three populations in 2006. Four burrowing owls were observed during black-tailed prairie dog surveys on the main colony.
Author : Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (543 download)
Download or read book Texas Black-tailed Prairie Dog Conservation & Management Plan written by Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U.S. Department of the Interior
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497482678
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (826 download)
Download or read book Recommended Methods for Range written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest challenges for conserving grassland, prairie scrub, and shrub-steppe ecosystems is maintaining prairie dog populations across the landscape. Of the four species of prairie dogs found in the United States, the Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) is listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as threatened, the Gunnison's prairie dog (C. gunnisoni) is a candidate for listing in a portion of its range, and the black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) and white-tailed prairie dog (C. leucurus) have each been petitioned for listing at least once in recent history. Although the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) determined listing is not warranted for either the black-tailed prairie dog or white-tailed prairie dog, the petitions and associated reviews demonstrated the need for the States to monitor and manage for self-sustaining populations.
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Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Texas Black-tailed Prairie Dog Conservation and Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kansas. Department of Wildlife and Parks
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Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Kansas Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Conservation & Management Plan written by Kansas. Department of Wildlife and Parks and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kansas Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Conservation and Management Plan is designed to minimize and potentially eliminate the current threat to prairie dog populations. ... The five threats are as follow: 1. Present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range. 2. Over utilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes. 3. Disease or predation. 4. Inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms. 5. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence including Control (Poisoning) and Habitat Fragmentation.
Author : Amanda R. Goldberg
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (779 download)
Download or read book Apparent Survival, Dispersal, and Abundance of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs written by Amanda R. Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are a species of management and conservation concern. Prairie dogs have lost both habitat and occupied area due to plague, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, pest control, and habitat conversion to agricultural land. Our goals were to estimate survival rates and dispersal rates, and to compare methods for estimating abundance of black-tailed prairie dogs for both management and conservation. We trapped black-tailed prairie dogs at four small National Parks from April 2009 through August 2011. Prairie dogs were trapped and marked for two trapping sessions per year in order to estimate seasonal rates of apparent survival. Apparent survival rates were estimated using the package RMark in R to construct models for program MARK. We found estimates to vary according to field site, sex, year, and season (summer or winter). Possible reasons for the differences in survivorship among sites could be presence of disease, quality of forage, predation, or frequency of dispersal. Visual counts were also conducted each trapping session beginning in April of 2010 to estimate abundance. Mark-recapture, mark-resight, and visual counts were compared to determine which method would be the most effective for estimating abundance of prairie dogs. We found mark-resight to produce the most precise estimates of abundance. While it costs more money to conduct a mark-resight estimate than visual counts because of repeated sessions, they produced significantly different results from one another 75% of the time, which was especially apparent on sites that had some form of visual barriers such as tall vegetation and uneven ground. However, if further information is needed in terms of sex ratios, age ratios, or the exact number of prairie dogs, then mark-recapture is the only method that can be used. Land managers need to address the level of accuracy needed, topography, and vegetation height before choosing which sampling method is best for the prairie dog towns in question. Finally, we looked at rates of intercolony and intracolony dispersal by placing 149 VHF collars and 6 GPS collars on prairie dogs at three colonies. Intracolony dispersal was also monitored through visual observation and trapping records over the three years of the study. We found 23 intracolony and eight intercolony dispersal events. Combined, these three studies offer insight not only into monitoring of prairie dog populations but also potential influence by plague both within and among colonies of prairie dogs.
Author : Matt Peek
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Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Evaluation of Three Surveys Assessing Prairie Dog Colonies in Northwest Kansas written by Matt Peek and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the primary objectives of the Kansas Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Conservation and Management Plan is to establish a long-term protocol for monitoring prairie dogs in Kansas (Kansas Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Working Group, 2002). In 2000, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks personnel conducted aerial line transect surveys over the majority of the historical prairie dog range in Kansas - the area west of the Flinthills physiographic province, which constitutes approximately the western three-fifths of Kansas. This survey provided an estimate of the number and area of prairie dog colonies in the state.
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Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Natural Resource Year in Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book Montana Statewide Oil and Gas and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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Total Pages : 2516 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports written by United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John L. Hoogland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226351181
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog written by John L. Hoogland and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of prairie dog social behavior. Through comparisons with more than 300 other animal species, he offers new insights into basic theory in behavioral ecology and sociobiology. Hoogland documents interactions within and among families of prairie dogs to examine the advantages and disadvantages of coloniality. By addressing such topics as male and female reproductive success, inbreeding, kin recognition, and infanticide, Hoogland offers a broad view of conflict and cooperation. Among his surprising findings is that prairie dog females sometimes suckle, and at other times kill, the offspring of close kin. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, this book illuminates the social organization of a burrowing mammal and raises fundamental questions about current theory. As the most detailed long-term study of any social rodent, The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog will interest not only mammalogists and other vertebrate biologists, but also students of behavioral and evolutionary ecology.
