Vascular Plant Communities Associated with Black-tailed Prairie Dog Colonies in Southern Shortgrass Prairie
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The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), a large burrowing rodent found in grasslands of the western Great Plains, once occurred over approximately 40 million ha before European settlement (13). Prairie dogs (C. ludovicianus, C. leucurus, C. gunnisoni, and C. parvidens) covered approximately 283 million ha in the late 1800s Vascular Plant Communities Associated with Black-tailed Prairie Dog Colonies in Southern Shortgrass Prairie
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