scholarly journals Enzootic Maintenance of Sylvatic Plague in Canada's Threatened Black‐Tailed Prairie Dog Ecosystem

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Liccioli ◽  
Tara Stephens ◽  
Sian C. Wilson ◽  
Jana M. McPherson ◽  
Laura M. Keating ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague

scholarly journals An invasive disease, sylvatic plague, increases fragmentation of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. e0235907
Author(s):  
Krystal M. Keuler ◽  
Gebbiena M. Bron ◽  
Randall Griebel ◽  
Katherine L. D. Richgels
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Disease ◽  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague

scholarly journals Modeling control methods to manage the sylvatic plague in black‐tailed prairie dog towns

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Elzinga ◽  
Shelby R. Stowe ◽  
F. Leland Russell
Keyword(s):  
Control Methods ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague

High prevalence of Yersinia pestis in black-tailed prairie dog colonies during an apparent enzootic phase of sylvatic plague

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Hanson ◽  
Hugh B. Britten ◽  
Marco Restani ◽  
Leigh R. Washburn
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague ◽  
High Prevalence

scholarly journals Enzootic maintenance of sylvatic plague in Canada's threatened black‐tailed prairie dog ecosystem

Ecosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Liccioli ◽  
Tara Stephens ◽  
Sian C. Wilson ◽  
Jana M. McPherson ◽  
Laura M. Keating ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague

Evaluation of Yersinia pestis Transmission Pathways for Sylvatic Plague in Prairie Dog Populations in the Western U.S.

EcoHealth ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine L. D. Richgels ◽  
Robin E. Russell ◽  
Gebbiena M. Bron ◽  
Tonie E. Rocke
Keyword(s):  
Yersinia Pestis ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague ◽  
Transmission Pathways

Sylvatic Plague in a Canadian Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kym S. Antonation ◽  
Todd K. Shury ◽  
Trent K. Bollinger ◽  
Adam Olson ◽  
Philip Mabon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Sylvatic Plague

scholarly journals First Genome Sequence of the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni), a Keystone Species and Player in the Transmission of Sylvatic Plague

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 618-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirian T N Tsuchiya ◽  
Rebecca B Dikow ◽  
Loren Cassin-Sackett
Keyword(s):  
Large Body ◽  
Keystone Species ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Ground Squirrels ◽  
Prairie Dogs ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Sylvatic Plague ◽  
Avian Predators ◽  
Cynomys Gunnisoni

Abstract Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are a charismatic symbol of the American West. Their large social aggregations and complex vocalizations have been the subject of scientific and popular interest for decades. A large body of literature has documented their role as keystone species of western North America’s grasslands: They generate habitat for other vertebrates, increase nutrient availability for plants, and act as a food source for mammalian, squamate, and avian predators. An additional keystone role lies in their extreme susceptibility to sylvatic plague (caused by Yersinia pestis), which results in periodic population extinctions, thereby generating spatiotemporal heterogeneity in both biotic communities and ecological processes. Here, we report the first Cynomys genome for a Gunnison’s prairie dog (C. gunnisoni gunnisoni) from Telluride, Colorado (USA). The genome was constructed using a hybrid assembly of PacBio and Illumina reads and assembled with MaSuRCA and PBJelly, which resulted in a scaffold N50 of 824 kb. Total genome size was 2.67 Gb, with 32.46% of the bases occurring in repeat regions. We recovered 94.9% (91% complete) of the single copy orthologs using the mammalian Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs database and detected 49,377 gene models (332,141 coding regions). Pairwise Sequentially Markovian Coalescent showed support for long-term stable population size followed by a steady decline beginning near the end of the Pleistocene, as well as a recent population reduction. The genome will aid in studies of mammalian evolution, disease resistance, and the genomic basis of life history traits in ground squirrels.

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