Search Results - "Grassel, Shaun"
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Assembling a safe and effective toolbox for integrated flea control and plague mitigation: Fipronil experiments with prairie dogs
Published in PloS one (08-08-2022)“…Background Plague, a widely distributed zoonotic disease of mammalian hosts and flea vectors, poses a significant risk to ecosystems throughout much of Earth…”
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Post‐translocation dynamics of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus): A successful conservation and human–wildlife conflict mitigation tool
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-01-2023)“…Prairie dogs have declined by 98% throughout their range in the grasslands of North America. Translocations have been used as a conservation tool to…”
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Sylvatic Plague Vaccine Partially Protects Prairie Dogs (Cynomys spp.) in Field Trials
Published in EcoHealth (01-09-2017)“…Sylvatic plague, caused by Yersinia pestis , frequently afflicts prairie dogs ( Cynomys spp.), causing population declines and local extirpations. We tested…”
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Spatial interactions between sympatric carnivores: asymmetric avoidance of an intraguild predator
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-07-2015)“…Interactions between intraguild species that act as both competitors and predator–prey can be especially complex. We studied patterns of space use by the…”
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Reproduction by Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Black-Footed Ferrets: Effects of Weather and Food Availability
Published in Western North American naturalist (01-12-2016)“…Food availability is one of the most important factors influencing reproduction in mammals. Reproductive success of some species can be negatively affected…”
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FLEAS OF BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS (MUSTELA NIGRIPES) AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN THE MOVEMENT OF PLAGUE
Published in Journal of wildlife diseases (01-07-2017)“…Sylvatic plague is one of the major impediments to the recovery of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) because it decimates their primary prey species,…”
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Exploring and Mitigating Plague for One Health Purposes
Published in Current tropical medicine reports (2022)“…Purpose of Review In 2020, the Appropriations Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives directed the CDC to develop a national One Health framework to…”
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Second chance for the plains bison
Published in Biological conservation (01-04-2007)“…Before European settlement the plains bison ( Bison bison bison) numbered in the tens of millions across most of the temperate region of North America. Within…”
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The Ecological Future of the North American Bison: Conceiving Long-Term, Large-Scale Conservation of Wildlife
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-2008)“…Many wide-ranging mammal species have experienced significant declines over the last 200 years; restoring these species will require long-term, large-scale…”
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Ecological relationships of black-footed ferrets, American badgers, and black-tailed prairie dogs in South Dakota
Published 01-01-2015“…Black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) and American badgers (Taxidea taxus) co-exist in prairie dog ( Cynomys spp.) ecosystems in North America. Ferrets are a…”
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