Selective predation on Utah prairie dogs
Predation always affects demography and population dynamics, but removal of certain types of individuals is especially consequential. Predators strike quickly and commonly avoid areas with human observers, however, and thereby make it difficult to document patterns of predation under natural conditi...
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ftunivauburn:oai:aurora.auburn.edu:11200/50513 2023-09-26T15:08:34+02:00 Selective predation on Utah prairie dogs Hoogland, John Cannon, Kristin Manno, Theodore DeBarbieri, Lili 2006 PDF application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1086/507714 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/507714 https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50513 https://doi.org/10.35099/aurora-581 unknown University of Chicago Press American Naturalist 0003-0147 doi:10.1086/507714 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/507714 https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50513 http://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-581 ©The Authors 2006. ©University of Chicago Press 2006. This is this the version of record published by the University of Chicago Press. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Hoogland, John L., Kristin E. Cannon, Lili M. DeBarbieri, and Theodore G. Manno. Selective predation on Utah prairie dogs. The American Naturalist 168, no. 4 (2006): 546-552. Cynomys parvidens northern goshawk predation red fox Utah prairie dog vulnerability Text Journal Article, Academic Journal 2006 ftunivauburn https://doi.org/10.1086/50771410.35099/aurora-581 2023-08-29T09:38:46Z Predation always affects demography and population dynamics, but removal of certain types of individuals is especially consequential. Predators strike quickly and commonly avoid areas with human observers, however, and thereby make it difficult to document patterns of predation under natural conditions. At a colony of marked Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens), a high frequency of predation in 2005 provided an unusual opportunity to examine susceptibility of five types of individuals to predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis). Juveniles were more vulnerable than adults to predation by northern goshawks. Adults at the edge of the colony were more vulnerable than central adults to predation by both red foxes and northern goshawks. Recent immigrants, who were not yet familiar with the best routes for escape, were more likely than longtime residents to be captured by northern goshawks. Adult males, preoccupied with finding, impregnating, and guarding estrous females during the 17-day mating season, were easy targets for red foxes and northern goshawks. Pregnant females, who could not run quickly, were especially prone to predation by red foxes. Published Yes Text Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk AUrora - Auburn University Scholarly Repository |
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Predation always affects demography and population dynamics, but removal of certain types of individuals is especially consequential. Predators strike quickly and commonly avoid areas with human observers, however, and thereby make it difficult to document patterns of predation under natural conditions. At a colony of marked Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens), a high frequency of predation in 2005 provided an unusual opportunity to examine susceptibility of five types of individuals to predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis). Juveniles were more vulnerable than adults to predation by northern goshawks. Adults at the edge of the colony were more vulnerable than central adults to predation by both red foxes and northern goshawks. Recent immigrants, who were not yet familiar with the best routes for escape, were more likely than longtime residents to be captured by northern goshawks. Adult males, preoccupied with finding, impregnating, and guarding estrous females during the 17-day mating season, were easy targets for red foxes and northern goshawks. Pregnant females, who could not run quickly, were especially prone to predation by red foxes. Published Yes |
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©The Authors 2006. ©University of Chicago Press 2006. This is this the version of record published by the University of Chicago Press. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Hoogland, John L., Kristin E. Cannon, Lili M. DeBarbieri, and Theodore G. Manno. Selective predation on Utah prairie dogs. The American Naturalist 168, no. 4 (2006): 546-552. |
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