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Study details impact of prairie dog plague die-off on other species
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, maybe the first to specifically examine the multispecies impacts of a wide-scale plague outbreak, which reduced the area covered by prairie dog colonies from nearly 25,000 acres to only about 125 acres in the study a
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Study reveals reduction in impact of prairie dog plague on other organisms
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal Ecological Applications,' when a sylvatic plague outbreak decimated black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in 2017, researchers saw an opportunity for a "natural experiment" to investigate the impact of the r
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Impact of prairie dog plague diminished on others: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to research published in the journal 'Ecological Applications', prairie dog plague's impact has lessened over time on other species.
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