NOTES ON WHITE-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG CYNOMYS-LEUCURUS BURROWS
1971; Brigham Young University Press; Volume: 31; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0017-3614
Autores Tópico(s)Ecology and biodiversity studies
ResumoWhite-tailed prairie dogs are able to withstand only a portion of the total range of environmental conditions that prevail annually on the surface of the ground. The burrow environment makes existence possible during periods of unfavorable conditions at the ground surface. The burrow serves for temporary refuge from predators, from excessive summer temperatures or for total withdrawal for several months during the long periods of winter until favorable conditions above ground permit activity there once again. Some aspects of the burrow systems of black-tailed and Gunnison's prairie dogs have been investigated. However, published information is totally lacking on burrows of the other three species of North American prairie dogs (white-tail, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs) . As part of a study of the ecology and ethology of the whitetailed prairie dog in the Laramie Basin of Wyoming (Clark, 1969) some data was gathered on burrows. This paper presents this information.
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