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Food Interactions Between Utah Prairie Dogs And Cattle, Dennis Crocker-Bedford
Food Interactions Between Utah Prairie Dogs And Cattle, Dennis Crocker-Bedford
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study examined the food interactions between Utah prairie dogs (Cynomys parvidens, Allen) and cattle (Bos taurus). During 1974 and 1975, three prairie dog colonies near Panguitch, Utah, were studied intensely: "Oldfield" was chosen to represent colonies near fields of alfalfa (Medicago sativa); "Lowercrested" was chosen to represent colonies below 2,200 meters above sea level (a.s.l.) which were not near alfalfa, and "Uppercrested" was chosen to represent colonies above 2,200 meters a.s.l. which have been planted with crested wheatgrass.
Visual observations were made of Utah prairie dogs to determine their diets. Livetrapping of prairie …