Optimizing habitat location for black-tailed prairie dogs in southwestern South Dakota

A spatial optimization model was formulated and used to maximize black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Badlands National Park and the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in South Dakota. The choice variables involved the strategic placement of limited additional protected habitat. Population dynami...

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Published in:Ecological modelling 2002, Vol.147 (1), p.11-21
Main Authors: Hof, John, Bevers, Michael, Uresk, Daniel W., Schenbeck, Gregory L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Cynomys ludovicianus
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Landscape structure
Linear programming
Mammalia
Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...)
Mustela nigripes
Prairie dogs
Spatial optimization
Spatial patterns
Vertebrata
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Summary:A spatial optimization model was formulated and used to maximize black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Badlands National Park and the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in South Dakota. The choice variables involved the strategic placement of limited additional protected habitat. Population dynamics were captured in formulations that reflected exponential population growth combined with the recalcitrant dispersal behavior of this social mammal that is important to many other species. The model results are compared to a previous paper which modeled the black-footed ferret, an aggressive disperser that is dependent upon prairie dogs for food and shelter.
ISSN:0304-3800
1872-7026
DOI:10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00401-X