Spring Population Responses of Cottontails and Jackrabbits to Cattle Grazing Shortgrass Prairie
Citation
Flinders, J. T., & Hansen, R. M. (1975). Spring population responses of cottontails and jackrabbits to cattle grazing shortgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management, 28(4), 290-293.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3897779Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Spring population densities of black-tailed jackrabbits, white-tailed jackrabbits, and desert cottontail rabbits were estimated on pastures under four different grazing treatments by cattle on the shortgrass prairie of northeastern Colorado. Black-tailed jackrabbits were most abundant on pastures with light-summer and moderate-summer grazing treatments. White-tailed jackrabbits showed no strict preference for any grazing treatments but preferred all upland pastures. Desert cottontail rabbits were most abundant in pastures under moderate-summer and moderate-winter grazing treatment. The ratio of abundance between the three species of leporids is, in part, a function of the different levels of grazing intensity. Any future long-term changes in vegetational management in the area could be expected to affect populational ratios.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3897779