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INTERSPECIFIC COMPARISONS OF SYLVATIC PLAGUE IN PRAIRIE DOGS

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Major effects of plague are to reduce colony size of black-tailed prairie dogs and increase intercolony distances within colony complexes and epidemiologic concepts are used to support an enzootic hypothesis in which the disease is maintained in a dynamic state.
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Invasion of Exotic Plant Species in Tallgrass Prairie Fragments

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This study indicates that some small fragments of tallgrass prairie are relatively intact and should not be overlooked as long-term refuges for prai- rie species, sources of genetic variability, and material for restoration.
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Testing the Generality of a Trophic-cascade Model for Plague

Climate may affect the dynamics of infectious diseases by shifting pathogen, vector, or host species abundance, population dynamics, or community interactions. Black-tailed prairie dogs…
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DYNAMICS OF PLAGUE IN A GUNNISON'S PRAIRIE DOG COLONY COMPLEX FROM NEW MEXICO

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Serum antibody titers indicate that more than 40% of the few prairie dogs left to establish colonies following epizootics survived plague infection, and elevated serum titers against Y. pestis were identified only in Gunnison's prairies.
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Lone star tick abundance, fire, and bison grazing in tall-grass prairie

  • J. Cully
  • Environmental Science
  • 1 March 1999
Lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum L.) were collected by drag samples of 1 km transects on 12 watersheds at Konza Prairie Research Natural Area near Manhattan, Kans., during summer 1995-1996.…
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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (MOLOTHRUS ATER) PARASITISM ON DICKCISSELS (SPIZA AMERICANA) IN GREAT PLAINS TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

Abstract The incidence of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater; hereafter “cowbirds“) within host species typically reflects the continental pattern in cowbird abundance across…
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LANDSCAPE AND FINE SCALE HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

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The results in this study suggest that the shifting mosaic of vegetation on Fort Riley resulting from training and range management practices maintains adequate habitat for breeding shrikes.

Spread of Plague Among Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs is Associated with Colony Spatial Characteristics

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The findings suggest that conventional prairie dog conservation management strategies, including promoting large, highly connected colonies, may need to be altered in the presence of plague.
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Disease limits populations: plague and black-tailed prairie dogs.

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Within the region historically affected by plague, individual colonies were smaller, nearest-neighbor distances were greater, and the proportion of potential habitat occupied by active prairie dog colonies was smaller than at plague-free sites, which is suggested to slow recolonization after extirpation.
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EFFECTS OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION ON FEMALE NEST ATTENTIVENESS AND INCUBATION MATE FEEDING IN TWO SYMPATRIC WREN SPECIES

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It is suggested that incubation mate feeding can increase female nest attentiveness and perhaps enhance fitness of both males and females.
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