… of yearling prairie dogs of both sexes, in addition to a mix of adult females and yearlings of
… We sought to explore static and dynamic social structure in black-tailed prairie dogs. For …

… of the environmental determinants of phenotypic variation in prairie dogs at their northern …
For yearlings and adults, we compared between sexes and age classes in March (and upon …

… several factors that influence survival including sex, age, and time. … lower yearling survival
in Gunnison's prairie dogs compared … for the management of prairie dog populations that are …

… of black-tailed prairie dog biology - hibernation. Additionally, this thesis improves our
understanding of the factors … population are from adult prairie dogs (one trace was from a …

… disease, and other factors, prairie dogs occupied only a small … effect of prairie dogs could
be attributed to yearlings only … extreme scenarios for how black-tailed prairie dogs may affect …

… one breeding male, several breeding females, and non-breeding yearlings and juveniles. …
Briefly, we shaved a 3 × 3 cm patch of hair from the right hind leg of adult female prairie dogs. …

… had become yearlings by this time), regardless of sex (F … is the metric commonly used in
management; however, we … study, we did examine what factors influenced site retention. We did …

… and black-tailed prairie dogs have varied and lacked a clear … tailed prairie dogs) can mature
and breed earlier as yearlings… and factors influencing the fertility of Gunnison’s prairie dogs. …

… how conspecific signals might be used as a management tool. … peak intercolony dispersal
time for male yearlings (Garrett & … metapopulations and identifies factors that may influence …

… environmental factors that shape group dynamics. Here, we used 14 Gunnison’s prairie
dogs … and have direct applications for management and conservation. In many areas, human-…