Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society
Language: English
Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009
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8vo, 264 pp. Inscribed and signed by co-author Slobodchikoff on title page. Slight bow to boards, light edgewear to jacket.
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- Title
- Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society
- Author
- Slobodchikoff, C. N., Bianca S. Perla, Jennifer L. Verdolin
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674031814
- ISBN 13
- 9780674031814
- Edition
- First edition.
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Constantine Slobodchikoff and colleagues synthesize the results of their long-running study of Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), one of the keystone species of the short-grass prairie ecosystem. They set their research in the context of the biology of the five Cynomys species found in the United States and Mexico, and detail their investigation into the prairie dogs’ sophisticated system of barks, yips, and chirps, which Slobodchikoff argues represents a referential communication capable of fine distinctions among predators.
Seen as vermin that spoiled valuable rangeland, prairie dogs were long the subject of eradication campaigns and are now threatened by habitat loss and the loss of genetic diversity. The authors hope their research will help to pull the prairie dog back from the brink of extinction, as well as foster an appreciation of larger conservation challenges. By examining the complex factors behind prairie dog decline, we can begin to understand the problems inherent in our adversarial relationship with the natural world. Understanding these interactions is the first step toward a more sustainable future.
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About the Author
Bianca S. Perla has a doctorate in ecology from the College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
Jennifer Verdolin is a postdoctoral researcher at Stony Brook University, State University of New York.
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