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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104633
	Drought influences biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie in southeastern Colorado
	Peterson, Elizabeth K.; Jones, Clark D.; Sandmeier, Franziska C.; Rivas, Andrea P. Arellano; Back, Cody A.; Canney, Angeline; Fender, Jason; Gomez, Marie; Gorski, Jessica; Heintzelman, Nathan; Healey, Kevin; Kester, Morgan; Klinger, Delania; Liao, Adam; Varian-Ramos, Claire W.; Vanden Heuvel, Brian
通讯作者	Peterson, EK (corresponding author), 2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, CO 81001 USA.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2021
卷号	195
英文摘要	Prairie dogs are a keystone species that provide ecosystem services in endangered grasslands in North America. They have been extirpated throughout their range due to sylvatic plague, habitat fragmentation, lethal control, and drought. There are competing drivers of biodiversity between herbivorous rodents and drought in semi-arid grasslands. Therefore, prairie dogs may be unable to provide the ecosystem services needed for grasslands during periods of drought. We sought to determine the impact of prairie dog herbivory on biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie by using a paired design to compare active colonies with extirpated colonies. Abundance, richness, and diversity were measured in vegetation, arthropods, herptiles, birds, and small mammals during a drought year and the following year. We found that drought reduced vegetation and bird abundance, vegetation richness and diversity, and diversity in arthropods and birds. We did not find a difference between colonies and extirpated colonies. Our results indicate that the ecosystem services provided by prairie dogs, e.g., improving biodiversity, did not occur at detectable levels during periods of drought in semi-arid grasslands. Given the sharp decline of prairie dogs, the ecosystem services provided by prairie dogs will continue to plummet as climate change increases the frequency of droughts in the Front Range.
英文关键词	Abundance Biodiversity Diversity Ecosystem engineer Keystone species Richness
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000703848900007
WOS关键词	BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE ; BOTTOM-UP REGULATION ; CYNOMYS-LUDOVICIANUS ; DESERT GRASSLAND ; VEGETATION ; DOGS ; DYNAMICS ; LANDSCAPE ; COMMUNITY ; HABITAT
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	Colorado State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363764
作者单位	[Peterson, Elizabeth K.; Sandmeier, Franziska C.; Rivas, Andrea P. Arellano; Back, Cody A.; Canney, Angeline; Gomez, Marie; Gorski, Jessica; Heintzelman, Nathan; Kester, Morgan; Varian-Ramos, Claire W.; Vanden Heuvel, Brian] Colorado State Univ, Commun Build Act STEM Engagement, Pueblo, CO 81001 USA; [Peterson, Elizabeth K.; Sandmeier, Franziska C.; Rivas, Andrea P. Arellano; Back, Cody A.; Canney, Angeline; Fender, Jason; Gomez, Marie; Gorski, Jessica; Heintzelman, Nathan; Healey, Kevin; Kester, Morgan; Klinger, Delania; Liao, Adam; Varian-Ramos, Claire W.; Vanden Heuvel, Brian] Colorado State Univ, Dept Biol, Pueblo, CO 81001 USA; [Jones, Clark D.] US Fish & Wildlife Serv, Colorado Fish & Wildlife Conservat Off, Pueblo Chem Depot, Pueblo, CO USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Peterson, Elizabeth K.,Jones, Clark D.,Sandmeier, Franziska C.,et al. Drought influences biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie in southeastern Colorado[J]. Colorado State University,2021,195.
APA	Peterson, Elizabeth K..,Jones, Clark D..,Sandmeier, Franziska C..,Rivas, Andrea P. Arellano.,Back, Cody A..,...&Vanden Heuvel, Brian.(2021).Drought influences biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie in southeastern Colorado.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,195.
MLA	Peterson, Elizabeth K.,et al."Drought influences biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie in southeastern Colorado".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 195(2021).