A statistical model of expansion in a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs

R. P. Cincotta; Daniel Uresk; R. M. Hansen

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A statistical model of expansion in a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs

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Authors:

R. P. Cincotta, Daniel Uresk, R. M. Hansen

Year:

1988

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Uresk, Daniel W.; Schenbeck, Greg L.; Cefkin, Rose, technical coordinators. Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-154. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 30-33.

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Abstract

To predict prairie dog establishment in areas adjacent to a colony we sampled: (1) VISIBILITY through the vegetation using a target, (2) POPULATION DENSITY at the colony edge, (3) DISTANCE from the edge to the potential site of settlement, and (4) % FORB COVER. Step-wise regression analysis indicated that establishment of prairie dogs in adjacent prairie was most likely to occur when an area was near a densely populated colony edge with high visibility through the vegetation.

Parent Publication

Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings

Keywords

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

Citation

Cincotta, R. P.; Uresk, D. W.; Hansen, R. M. 1988. A statistical model of expansion in a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs. In: Uresk, Daniel W.; Schenbeck, Greg L.; Cefkin, Rose, technical coordinators. Eighth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-154. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 30-33.