2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118602
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Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs, Cattle, and the Conservation of North America’s Arid Grasslands

Abstract: Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) have been eliminated from over 95% of their historic range in large part from direct eradication campaigns to reduce their purported competition with cattle for forage. Despite the longstanding importance of this issue to grassland management and conservation, the ecological interactions between cattle and prairie dogs have not been well examined. We address this issue through two complementary experiments to determine if cattle and prairie dogs form a mutualistic grazing associatio… Show more

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“…The effects of fossorial ecosystem engineers are known from many regions where essential resources are spatially and temporally limited (Bruun et al 2005;Eldridge and Koen 2008;Sierra-Corona et al 2015). There is clear evidence that similar processes take place also in temperate regions in Europe (Obidziński and Głogowski 2005;Obidziński and Kiełtyk 2006;Kurek et al 2014a, b;Rola et al 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The effects of fossorial ecosystem engineers are known from many regions where essential resources are spatially and temporally limited (Bruun et al 2005;Eldridge and Koen 2008;Sierra-Corona et al 2015). There is clear evidence that similar processes take place also in temperate regions in Europe (Obidziński and Głogowski 2005;Obidziński and Kiełtyk 2006;Kurek et al 2014a, b;Rola et al 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ironically, recent research shows that cattle preferentially graze along prairie dog colony edges and use their colony centers for resting, similar to the mutualistic relationship prairie dogs once had with the American bison (Sierra–Corona et al. ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…These species were thought to be competitors for forage with open range livestock, and their extensive burrow systems were deemed an injury risk for cattle. Ironically, recent research shows that cattle preferentially graze along prairie dog colony edges and use their colony centers for resting, similar to the mutualistic relationship prairie dogs once had with the American bison (Sierra-Corona et al 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) compete with ungulates for food resources under some conditions, yet facilitate these same ungulates under other conditions (Augustine and Springer 2013;Sierra-Corona et al 2015). Arsenault and Owen-Smith (2002) argue that facilitation likely is an ephemeral association, restricted to growing seasons when food is abundant (although it is critical to distinguish actual facilitation from positive correlations caused by shared responses to limiting factors or shared habitat preferences-D. W. Morris, Lakehead University, pers.…”
Section: Interspecific Competitionmentioning
confidence: 99%