Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Range and Distribution

Habitat

Life History and Reproduction

Prairie dogs and humans

Status

Literature Cited

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Choate, Larry L. 1997. The Mammals of the Llano Estacado. Lubbock: The Museum at Texas Tech University.

Copprock, D.L., J.K. Detling, J.E. Ellis, and M.I. Dyer. 1983. Plant-Herbivore Interactions in a North American Mixed-Grass Prairie. II. Responses of Bison to Modification of Vegetation by Prairie Dogs. Oecologia 56:10-15.

Cottam, C. and M. Caroline. 1965. The Black-tailed Prairie Dog in Texas. Texas Journal of Science 17:295-302.

Davis, W.B. and D.J. Schmidly. 1994. The Mammals of Texas. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Garrett, M.G. and W.L. Franklin. 1988. Behavioral Ecology of Dispersal in the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog. Journal of Mammology 69:236-250.

Hansen, R.M. and I.K. Gold. 1977. Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Desert Cottontails, and Cattle Trophic Relations on Shortgrass Range. Journal of Range Management 30: 210-213.

Hoogland, John L. 1995. The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog. London: The University of Chicago Press.

Knowles, C.J. 1986. Some Relationships of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs To Livestock Grazing. Great Basin Naturalist 46:198-203.

Miller, B. and G. Ceballos. 1994. The Prairie Dog and Biotic Diversity. Conservation Biology 8:677-681.

Montana Prairie Dog Working Group. 1999. Conservation Plan for Black-Tailed and White-Tailed Prairie Dogs in Montana. USDI BLM, Montana State Office, Billings. 70 pp.

O’Melia, M.E., F.L Knopf, and J.C. Lewis. 1982. Some Consequences of Competition between Prairie Dogs and Beef Cattle. Journal of Range Management 35:580-585.

The National Wildlife Federation. 1999. Website @ www.nwf.org/grasslands

Van Pelt, William E. ed. 1999. The Black-tailed Prairie Dog Conservation Assessment and Strategy. USFWS, Mountain-Prairie Region.

Van Putten, M. and S.D. Miller. 1999. Prairie Dogs: The Case for Listing. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:1110-1120.

Whicker, A.D. and J.K. Detling. 1988. Ecological Consequences of Prairie Dog Disturbances. Bioscience 38:778-785.