Conflicting research on the demography, ecology, and social behavior of Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni)

John L. Hoogland; Jack F. Cully; Linda S. Rayor; James P. Fitzgerald

doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-034.3

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John L. Hoogland,^1,* Jack F. Cully,² Linda S. Rayor,³ James P. Fitzgerald⁴

¹University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, 301 Braddock Road,
²United States Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Bio
³Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA (LSR)
⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, USA (JPF).

^*Correspondent: hoogland@al.umces.edu

Abstract

Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) are rare, diurnal, colonial, burrowing, ground-dwelling squirrels. Studies of marked individuals living under natural conditions in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s showed that males are heavier than females throughout the year; that adult females living in the same territory are consistently close kin; and that females usually mate with the sexually mature male(s) living in the home territory. Research from 2007 through 2010 challenges all 3 of these findings. Here we discuss how different methods might have led to the discrepancies.

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John L. Hoogland, Jack F. Cully, Linda S. Rayor, and James P. Fitzgerald "Conflicting research on the demography, ecology, and social behavior of Gunnison's prairie dogs ( Cynomys gunnisoni)," Journal of Mammalogy 93(4), 1075-1085, (1 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-034.3

Received: 31 January 2011; Accepted: 1 August 2011; Published: 1 August 2012

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