Effects of two prairie dog rodenticides on ground-dwelling invertebrates in western South Dakota

Michele S. Deisch; Daniel Uresk; Raymond L. Linder

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Effects of two prairie dog rodenticides on ground-dwelling invertebrates in western South Dakota

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Authors:

Michele S. Deisch, Daniel Uresk, Raymond L. Linder

Year:

1989

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Uresk, Daniel W.; Hamre, R.H., technical coordinators. Ninth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-171. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 166-170.

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Abstract

Immediate and long-term effects of 3 rodenticide treatments on nontarget invertebrates were evaluated on prairie dog colonies. Immediate impacts indicated zinc phosphide reduced ants, strychnine alone reduced wolf spiders, and prebaited strychnine had no impacts. Long-term changes showed increases in wolf spiders and ground beetles and densities were contributed to biotic and abiotic habitat alterations due to lack of prairie dog activities. Among comparisons for efficacy, zinc phosphide was more efficacious at immediately reducing ant densities than either strychnine treatment; long term impacts for insects in general were minimal.

Parent Publication

Ninth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings

Keywords

prairie dogs, coyotes, rodents, bird repellents, predacides, rodenticides

Citation

Deisch, Michele S.; Uresk, Daniel W.; Linder, Raymond L.. 1989. Effects of two prairie dog rodenticides on ground-dwelling invertebrates in western South Dakota. In: Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Uresk, Daniel W.; Hamre, R.H., technical coordinators. Ninth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-171. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 166-170.