Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Reintroduction Can Limit Woody Plant Proliferation in Grasslands
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Parasites of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) from Eastern New Mexico
Fifty black-tailed prairie dogs from three prairie dog towns in eastern New Mexico harbored one nematode (Subulura sp.) and one acanthocephalan (Moniliformis clarki) species. One tick (Ornithodoros turicata) and one mite (Proctolaelaps sp.) species were recovered, whereas three species of fleas (Opisocrostis hirsutus, Pulex simulans, Echidnophaga gallinaced) were present. All represent new dist...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2296-701X
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00233