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Prairie Dogs

Known as: Dog, Prairie, Dogs, Prairie, Cynomys 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Vector control improves survival of three species of prairie dogs (Cynomys) in areas considered enzootic for plague.
Plague causes periodic epizootics that decimate populations of prairie dogs (PDs) (Cynomys), but the means by which the causative… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Climate trends of the North American prairie pothole region 1906–2000
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is unique to North America. Its millions of wetlands and abundant ecosystem goods and services… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Defoliation responses of western wheatgrass populations with diverse histories of prairie dog grazing
SummaryPhotosynthesis and regrowth were compared over a 10-day period following defoliation of about 75% of the tillers of… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Plant-herbivore interactions in a North American mixed-grass prairie
SummaryStudies were conducted during the 1979 growing season to examine how North American bison (Bison bison) use prairie dog… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Competition for water between beech seedlings and surrounding vegetation in different light and vegetation composition conditions
Afin de mieux comprendre les conditions de croissance du hetre et d'evaluer l'impact de la competition par la vegetation a deux… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Treatment of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Burrows with Deltamethrin to Control Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) and Plague
Abstract Burrows within black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Why do female Gunnison's prairie dogs copulate with more than one male?
A female can usually obtain enough sperm to fertilize all her eggs from a single insemination, and copulation involves certain… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
DO BLACK‐TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS MINIMIZE INBREEDING?
Considerable controversy surrounds the importance of inbreeding in natural populations. The rate of natural inbreeding and the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Flora and fauna associated with prairie dog colonies and adjacent ungrazed mixed-grass prairie in western South Dakota.
Vegetation, small rodents, and birds were sampled during the growing seasons of 2 years on prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus… 
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