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Franklin's ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) in Illinois: A declining prairie mammal?
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ABSTRACT.-Franklin's ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) appears to be becoming increasingly uncommon in the eastern portion of its range, but current data on its status in Illinois are lacking. We conducted a mail survey of 166 wildlife professionals from throughout the historical range of the species in Illinois to obtain information pertaining to extant and extirpated populations and local population trends. Locations of potential populations were compared with 106 known historical p...
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Squirrel species has no place to run Population nearly gone, and panel may seal its fate Friday
Chicago Sun-Times
; They're asleep now -- what few are left. "They hibernate eight months of the year," Oliver Pergams said. And when they wake up, the deed will have been done. "If the board doesn't put them on the list, I think there's a chance they won't be around for the next one." And that will be that. "There
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Juvenile Dispersal of Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) From a Prairie "Island"
The American Midland Naturalist
; ABSTRACT.- Franklin's ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) is declining in the eastern portion of its range, and this decline is often attributed to habitat fragmentation. However, the ability of S. franklinii to disperse across an agricultural landscape is not known. During spring 2002 we
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Demise of the small-eared ground squirrels. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem).
Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science
; The small-eared ground squirrels are a group of western ground squirrels in the genus Spermophilus, subgenus Spermophilus that have smaller body size, reduced external ear pinnae, and generally occur in drier shrub-steppe habitats. The species included are the Idaho ground squirrel (S. brunneus, 2
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Broad-scale assessment of environmental conditions for selected ground squirrels in the interior Columbia Basin. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem).
Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science
; Habitats for ground squirrels and other species associated with native grasslands and shrub-steppe environments in western North America have declined precipitously in the last several decades. These losses have been driven largely by the conversion of native habitats to croplands and urban
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APHIS, Wildlife Services' role in ground squirrel damage management. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem).
Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science
; Key words: ground squirrel, Wildlife Services, wildlife damage management, damage control, rodenticides. INTRODUCTION Ground squirrel damage management, or control, is defined as the alleviation of damage or other problems caused by or related to the presence of ground squirrels. In Idaho, ground
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