PUBLICATIONS
DATA PAPERS
Davidson, A. D.. Global Mammal Ecological Traits Database. Geography of global mammal extinction risk. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: doi:10.5061/dryad.h7d90. Description: Species trait data and environmental variables for mammals of the world (4864 species, excluding Cetaceans). In Press.
Penone, C., B. Weinstein, C. H. Graham, T. M. Brooks, S. B. Hedges A. D. Davidson, and G. C. Costa. 2016. Global mammal betadiversity (1-5). Data from: Global mammal betadiversity show parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3kd7c Description: R file containing values for taxonomic, phylogenetic and trait turnover calculated for all terrestrial mammals at 1-degree grid-cell resolution.
Böhm M., R. Williams, H. R. Bramhall, K. M. McMillan, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. M. Bland, J. Bielby, B. Collen. 2016. Species traits and variables - data table. Data from: Correlates of extinction risk in squamate reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography, threat and range size. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3hq89/1 Description: Species trait data and environmental variables for 1,139 squamate reptiles.
Böhm M, R. Williams, H. R. Bramhall, K. M. McMillan, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. M. Bland, J. Bielby, B. Collen. 2016. Composite phylogeny of squamate reptiles. Data from: Correlates of extinction risk in squamate reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography, threat and range size. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3hq89/2 . Description: Non-dated composite phylogeny of squamate reptiles (1,139 species + Sphenodon punctatus as outgroup).
PAPERS IN PRESS AND PUBLISHED
Lacher, T.E., Jr., A. D. Davidson, T. Fleming, E. P. Gomez-Ruiz, G. McCracken, N. Owen-Smith, C. Peres, and S. Vander Wall. Mammals as drivers of ecosystem processes. Journal of Mammalogy. Special Centennial Commemoration Issue. In Press.
Davidson, A. D., E. A. Hunter, J. Erz, D. C. Lightfoot, A. M. McCarthy, J. K. Mueller, K. T. Shoemaker. 2018. Reintroducing a keystone burrowing rodent to restore an arid North American grassland: challenges and successes. Restoration Ecology
26:909-920.
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Holt, B. G., G. C. Costa, C. P., J-P. Lessard, T. M. Brooks, A. D. Davidson, S. B. Hedges, V. C. Radeloff, C. Rahbek, C. Rondinini, C. H. Graham. 2018. Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals. Journal of Biogeography 45:225-237.
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Davidson, A. D., K. T. Shoemaker, B. Weinstein, G. Costa, V. Radeloff, C. Rondinini, G. Ceballos, and C. Graham. 2017. Geography of current and future global mammal extinction risk. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0186934.
pdf
Brum, F. T., C. H. Graham, G. C. Costa, S. B. Hedges, C. Penone, V. C. Radelofff, C. Rondinini, R. Loyola, and A. D. Davidson. 2017. Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 14:29 7641-7646 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706461114 1
pdf
Media: Science Daily Mongabay
Böhm, M., R. Kemp, R. Williams, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, K.M. McMillan, H. R. Bramhall, and B. Collen. 2017. Rapoport’s rule, biology, or time since description? Determinants of species range size in snakes. Diversity and Distributions 23:1472-1481.
pdf
Kennedya, C. M., P. L. Hawthorneb, D. A. Mitevac, L. Baumgartend, K. Sochia, M. Matsumotod, J. S. Evansa, S. Polaskyb, P. Hamelf, E. M. Vieirag, P. Ferreira Develeyh, C. H. Sekercioglui, A. D. Davidson, E. M. Uhlhornl, J. Kieseckera. 2016. Optimizing land use decision-making to sustain Brazilian agricultural profits, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Biological Conservation 204:221–230.
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Penone, C., B. Weinstein, C. H. Graham, T. M. Brooks, C. Rondinini, S. B. Hedges, A. D. Davidson, and G. C. Costa. 2016. Global mammal betadiversity show parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20161028.
pdf DATABASE
Böhm, M., D. Cook, H. Ma, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, B. Tapley, P. Pearce-Kelly, and J. Carr. 2016. Hot and bothered: using trait-based approaches to assess climate change vulnerability in reptiles. Biological Conservation 204:32-41.
pdf blog post DATABASE
Oliveira, B., A. Machac, G. C. Costa, T. M. Brooks, A. D. Davidson, C. Rondinini, and C. H. Graham. 2016. Species and functional diversity accumulate differently in terrestrial mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25:1119-1130.
pdf
Ponce-Guevara, E., A. D. Davidson, R. Sierra-Corona, G. Ceballos. 2016. Interactive Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Cattle on Shrub Encroachment in a Desert Grassland Ecosystem. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154748.
pdf
Böhm, M., R. Williams, H. Bramhall, K. McMillan, A.D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. Bland, J. Bielby, and B. Collen. 2016. The correlates of extinction risk in reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography and threat. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 391–405.
pdf
Sierra–Corona, R., A. D. Davidson, E. L. Fredrickson, H. Luna-Soria, H. Suzan-Azpiri, E. Ponce, and G. Ceballos. Black-tailed prairie dogs, cattle, and the conservation of North America’s arid grasslands. 2015. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118602.
pdf
Penone, C., A. D. Davidson, K. T. Shoemaker, M. Di Marco, C. Rondinini, T. Brooks, B. Young, C. H. Graham, and G. C. Costa. Imputation of missing data in life-history traits datasets: which approach performs the best? 2015. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5:961-970.
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Davidson, A. D., M. T. Friggens, K. Shoemaker, C. L. Hayes, J. Erz, and R. Duran. 2014. Population dynamics of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dogs in the southern portion of their geographic range. Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 429-439.
pdf supplemental doc 1 supplemental doc 2
Murray, K. A., L. D. Verde Arregoitia, A. D. Davidson, M. Di Marco, and M. M. I. Di Fonzo. 2014. Threat to the point: improving the value of comparative extinction risk analysis for conservation action. Global Change Biology 20:483-494.
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Brown, J. H., C. Allen, J. R. Burger, W. Burnside, M. Chang, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, S. T. Hammond, A. Kodrick-Brown, Mercado-Silva, J. Nekola, J. Okie, and W. Woodruff. 2014. Macroecology meets macroeconomics: resource scarcity and global sustainability. Ecological Engineering 65:24-32.
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Bergstrom, B. J., L. C. Arias, A. D. Davidson, A. W. Ferguson, L. Randa, and S. R. Sheffield. License to kill: reforming Wildlife Services to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function. 2014. Conservation Letters 7:131-142.
pdf
Media: New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post
Nekola J., C. Allen, J. H. Brown, R. Burger, W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, S. T. Hammond, A. Kodrick-Brown, N. Mercado, J. Okie. 2013. The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and human nature. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28:127-130.
pdf
Lightfoot, D. C., A. D. Davidson, D. G. Parker, L. Hernandez, J. Laundre. 2012. Bottom-up regulation of desert grassland and shrubland rodent communities: implications of species-specific reproductive potentials.Journal of Mammalogy 93:1017-1028.
pdf
Davidson, A. D., J. K. Detling, and J. H. Brown. 2012. Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, herbivorous, burrowing mammals in the world’s grasslands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:477-485.
pdf Web Table
Burger, J. R., Brown, J. H., C. Allen, W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, N. Mercado, J. Okie, W. Zuo, and J. Nekola. 2012. The macroecology of sustainability. PLoS Biology 10(6): e1001345.
pdf
Media: Faculty of 1000, Podcast on the PLoS Biology Blog, Ecology and Policy Blog for The British Ecological Society, Ecology.com, Blog by Gail Tverberg
Davidson, A. D., A. G. Boyer, H. Kim, S. Pompa-Mansilla, M. J. Hamilton, D. P. Costa, G. Ceballos, and J. H. Brown. 2012. Drivers and hotspots of extinction in marine mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:3395-3400.
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Brown, J. H., W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, J. P. DeLong, B. Dunn, M. J. Hamilton, N. Mercado, J. Nekola, J. Okie, W. Woodruff, and W. Zuo. 2011. Energetic limits to economic growth. BioScience 61:19-26.
pdf
Media: Faculty of 1000, Science Daily
Hamilton, M. J., A. D. Davidson, R. M. Sibly, and J. H. Brown. 2011. Universal scaling of production rates across mammalian lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 560-566.
pdf
Lightfoot, D. C., A. D. Davidson, D. Parker, and C. M. McGlone. 2010. Rabbit population abundance in northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland habitats relative to rainfall and plant production. Western North American Naturalist 70:490-499.
pdf
Davidson, A. D., Eduardo Ponce, David C. Lightfoot, Ed L. Fredrickson, James H. Brown, Juan Cruzado, David Toledo, Sandra L. Brantley, Rodrigo Sierra, Rurik List, and Gerardo Ceballos. 2010. Rapid response of a grassland ecosystem to an experimental manipulation of a keystone rodent and domestic livestock. Ecology 91:3189-3200.
pdf Appendices
Media: The Voltage Gate
Ceballos, G., A. D. Davidson, R. List, J. Pacheco, P. Manzano, G. Santos, and J. Cruzado. 2010. Rapid decline of a grassland system and its ecological and conservation implications. PLoS ONE 5:e8562.
pdf
Media: The Voltage Gate
Davidson, A. D., M. J. Hamilton, A. Boyer, J. H. Brown, and G. Ceballos. 2009. Multiple pathways to extinction in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:1702-1705.
pdf
Media: Quantum 2010, Voice of America, Science NOW
Davidson, A. D., D. C. Lightfoot, and J. L. McIntyre. 2008. Engineering rodents create key habitat for lizards. Journal of Arid Environments 72:2142-2149.
pdf
Media: High Country News
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2008. Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 72:1133-1145.
pdf
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2007. Interactive effects of keystone rodents on the structure of desert grassland arthropod communities. Ecography 30:515-525.
pdf
Media: High Country News
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2006. Keystone rodent interactions: prairie dogs and kangaroo rats structure the biotic composition of a desertified grassland. Ecography 29:755-765.
pdf
Davidson, A. D., R. R. Parmenter, and J. R. Gosz. 1999. Responses of small mammals and vegetation to a reintroduction of Gunnison’s prairie dogs. Journal of Mammalogy 80:1311-1324.
pdf
BOOK CHAPTERS
Ceballos, G., R. List, A. D. Davidson, E. L. Fredrickson, R. Sierra, L. Martínez, J. Herrick, and J. Pacheco. 2009. Grassland conservation in the borderlands: understanding coupled human- ecological systems to achieve conservation goals in Lopez-Hoffman, L., R. Varady, and K. Flessa. Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from the United States and Mexico. University of Arizona Press.
DATA PAPERS
Davidson, A. D.. Global Mammal Ecological Traits Database. Geography of global mammal extinction risk. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: doi:10.5061/dryad.h7d90. Description: Species trait data and environmental variables for mammals of the world (4864 species, excluding Cetaceans). In Press.
Penone, C., B. Weinstein, C. H. Graham, T. M. Brooks, S. B. Hedges A. D. Davidson, and G. C. Costa. 2016. Global mammal betadiversity (1-5). Data from: Global mammal betadiversity show parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3kd7c Description: R file containing values for taxonomic, phylogenetic and trait turnover calculated for all terrestrial mammals at 1-degree grid-cell resolution.
Böhm M., R. Williams, H. R. Bramhall, K. M. McMillan, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. M. Bland, J. Bielby, B. Collen. 2016. Species traits and variables - data table. Data from: Correlates of extinction risk in squamate reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography, threat and range size. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3hq89/1 Description: Species trait data and environmental variables for 1,139 squamate reptiles.
Böhm M, R. Williams, H. R. Bramhall, K. M. McMillan, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. M. Bland, J. Bielby, B. Collen. 2016. Composite phylogeny of squamate reptiles. Data from: Correlates of extinction risk in squamate reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography, threat and range size. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3hq89/2 . Description: Non-dated composite phylogeny of squamate reptiles (1,139 species + Sphenodon punctatus as outgroup).
PAPERS IN PRESS AND PUBLISHED
Lacher, T.E., Jr., A. D. Davidson, T. Fleming, E. P. Gomez-Ruiz, G. McCracken, N. Owen-Smith, C. Peres, and S. Vander Wall. Mammals as drivers of ecosystem processes. Journal of Mammalogy. Special Centennial Commemoration Issue. In Press.
Davidson, A. D., E. A. Hunter, J. Erz, D. C. Lightfoot, A. M. McCarthy, J. K. Mueller, K. T. Shoemaker. 2018. Reintroducing a keystone burrowing rodent to restore an arid North American grassland: challenges and successes. Restoration Ecology
26:909-920.
Holt, B. G., G. C. Costa, C. P., J-P. Lessard, T. M. Brooks, A. D. Davidson, S. B. Hedges, V. C. Radeloff, C. Rahbek, C. Rondinini, C. H. Graham. 2018. Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals. Journal of Biogeography 45:225-237.
Davidson, A. D., K. T. Shoemaker, B. Weinstein, G. Costa, V. Radeloff, C. Rondinini, G. Ceballos, and C. Graham. 2017. Geography of current and future global mammal extinction risk. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0186934.
Brum, F. T., C. H. Graham, G. C. Costa, S. B. Hedges, C. Penone, V. C. Radelofff, C. Rondinini, R. Loyola, and A. D. Davidson. 2017. Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 14:29 7641-7646 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706461114 1
Media: Science Daily Mongabay
Böhm, M., R. Kemp, R. Williams, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, K.M. McMillan, H. R. Bramhall, and B. Collen. 2017. Rapoport’s rule, biology, or time since description? Determinants of species range size in snakes. Diversity and Distributions 23:1472-1481.
Kennedya, C. M., P. L. Hawthorneb, D. A. Mitevac, L. Baumgartend, K. Sochia, M. Matsumotod, J. S. Evansa, S. Polaskyb, P. Hamelf, E. M. Vieirag, P. Ferreira Develeyh, C. H. Sekercioglui, A. D. Davidson, E. M. Uhlhornl, J. Kieseckera. 2016. Optimizing land use decision-making to sustain Brazilian agricultural profits, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Biological Conservation 204:221–230.
Penone, C., B. Weinstein, C. H. Graham, T. M. Brooks, C. Rondinini, S. B. Hedges, A. D. Davidson, and G. C. Costa. 2016. Global mammal betadiversity show parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20161028.
pdf DATABASE
Böhm, M., D. Cook, H. Ma, A. D. Davidson, A. Garcia, B. Tapley, P. Pearce-Kelly, and J. Carr. 2016. Hot and bothered: using trait-based approaches to assess climate change vulnerability in reptiles. Biological Conservation 204:32-41.
pdf blog post DATABASE
Oliveira, B., A. Machac, G. C. Costa, T. M. Brooks, A. D. Davidson, C. Rondinini, and C. H. Graham. 2016. Species and functional diversity accumulate differently in terrestrial mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25:1119-1130.
Ponce-Guevara, E., A. D. Davidson, R. Sierra-Corona, G. Ceballos. 2016. Interactive Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Cattle on Shrub Encroachment in a Desert Grassland Ecosystem. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154748.
Böhm, M., R. Williams, H. Bramhall, K. McMillan, A.D. Davidson, A. Garcia, L. Bland, J. Bielby, and B. Collen. 2016. The correlates of extinction risk in reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography and threat. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 391–405.
Sierra–Corona, R., A. D. Davidson, E. L. Fredrickson, H. Luna-Soria, H. Suzan-Azpiri, E. Ponce, and G. Ceballos. Black-tailed prairie dogs, cattle, and the conservation of North America’s arid grasslands. 2015. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118602.
Penone, C., A. D. Davidson, K. T. Shoemaker, M. Di Marco, C. Rondinini, T. Brooks, B. Young, C. H. Graham, and G. C. Costa. Imputation of missing data in life-history traits datasets: which approach performs the best? 2015. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5:961-970.
Davidson, A. D., M. T. Friggens, K. Shoemaker, C. L. Hayes, J. Erz, and R. Duran. 2014. Population dynamics of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dogs in the southern portion of their geographic range. Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 429-439.
pdf supplemental doc 1 supplemental doc 2
Murray, K. A., L. D. Verde Arregoitia, A. D. Davidson, M. Di Marco, and M. M. I. Di Fonzo. 2014. Threat to the point: improving the value of comparative extinction risk analysis for conservation action. Global Change Biology 20:483-494.
Brown, J. H., C. Allen, J. R. Burger, W. Burnside, M. Chang, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, S. T. Hammond, A. Kodrick-Brown, Mercado-Silva, J. Nekola, J. Okie, and W. Woodruff. 2014. Macroecology meets macroeconomics: resource scarcity and global sustainability. Ecological Engineering 65:24-32.
Bergstrom, B. J., L. C. Arias, A. D. Davidson, A. W. Ferguson, L. Randa, and S. R. Sheffield. License to kill: reforming Wildlife Services to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function. 2014. Conservation Letters 7:131-142.
Media: New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post
Nekola J., C. Allen, J. H. Brown, R. Burger, W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, S. T. Hammond, A. Kodrick-Brown, N. Mercado, J. Okie. 2013. The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and human nature. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28:127-130.
Lightfoot, D. C., A. D. Davidson, D. G. Parker, L. Hernandez, J. Laundre. 2012. Bottom-up regulation of desert grassland and shrubland rodent communities: implications of species-specific reproductive potentials.Journal of Mammalogy 93:1017-1028.
Davidson, A. D., J. K. Detling, and J. H. Brown. 2012. Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, herbivorous, burrowing mammals in the world’s grasslands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10:477-485.
pdf Web Table
Burger, J. R., Brown, J. H., C. Allen, W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, T. Fristoe, M. J. Hamilton, N. Mercado, J. Okie, W. Zuo, and J. Nekola. 2012. The macroecology of sustainability. PLoS Biology 10(6): e1001345.
Media: Faculty of 1000, Podcast on the PLoS Biology Blog, Ecology and Policy Blog for The British Ecological Society, Ecology.com, Blog by Gail Tverberg
Davidson, A. D., A. G. Boyer, H. Kim, S. Pompa-Mansilla, M. J. Hamilton, D. P. Costa, G. Ceballos, and J. H. Brown. 2012. Drivers and hotspots of extinction in marine mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:3395-3400.
Brown, J. H., W. Burnside, A. D. Davidson, J. P. DeLong, B. Dunn, M. J. Hamilton, N. Mercado, J. Nekola, J. Okie, W. Woodruff, and W. Zuo. 2011. Energetic limits to economic growth. BioScience 61:19-26.
Media: Faculty of 1000, Science Daily
Hamilton, M. J., A. D. Davidson, R. M. Sibly, and J. H. Brown. 2011. Universal scaling of production rates across mammalian lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 560-566.
Lightfoot, D. C., A. D. Davidson, D. Parker, and C. M. McGlone. 2010. Rabbit population abundance in northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland habitats relative to rainfall and plant production. Western North American Naturalist 70:490-499.
Davidson, A. D., Eduardo Ponce, David C. Lightfoot, Ed L. Fredrickson, James H. Brown, Juan Cruzado, David Toledo, Sandra L. Brantley, Rodrigo Sierra, Rurik List, and Gerardo Ceballos. 2010. Rapid response of a grassland ecosystem to an experimental manipulation of a keystone rodent and domestic livestock. Ecology 91:3189-3200.
pdf Appendices
Media: The Voltage Gate
Ceballos, G., A. D. Davidson, R. List, J. Pacheco, P. Manzano, G. Santos, and J. Cruzado. 2010. Rapid decline of a grassland system and its ecological and conservation implications. PLoS ONE 5:e8562.
Media: The Voltage Gate
Davidson, A. D., M. J. Hamilton, A. Boyer, J. H. Brown, and G. Ceballos. 2009. Multiple pathways to extinction in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:1702-1705.
Media: Quantum 2010, Voice of America, Science NOW
Davidson, A. D., D. C. Lightfoot, and J. L. McIntyre. 2008. Engineering rodents create key habitat for lizards. Journal of Arid Environments 72:2142-2149.
Media: High Country News
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2008. Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 72:1133-1145.
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2007. Interactive effects of keystone rodents on the structure of desert grassland arthropod communities. Ecography 30:515-525.
Media: High Country News
Davidson, A. D. and D. C. Lightfoot. 2006. Keystone rodent interactions: prairie dogs and kangaroo rats structure the biotic composition of a desertified grassland. Ecography 29:755-765.
Davidson, A. D., R. R. Parmenter, and J. R. Gosz. 1999. Responses of small mammals and vegetation to a reintroduction of Gunnison’s prairie dogs. Journal of Mammalogy 80:1311-1324.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Ceballos, G., R. List, A. D. Davidson, E. L. Fredrickson, R. Sierra, L. Martínez, J. Herrick, and J. Pacheco. 2009. Grassland conservation in the borderlands: understanding coupled human- ecological systems to achieve conservation goals in Lopez-Hoffman, L., R. Varady, and K. Flessa. Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from the United States and Mexico. University of Arizona Press.
