Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands

The paradox of keystone species persecuted as pests: A call for the conservation of abundant small mammals in their native range

(2011) Miguel Delibes-Mateos et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Comparative ecology of desert small mammals: a selective review of the past 30 years

(2011) Douglas A. Kelt   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Resistance to Plague Among Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Populations

(2011) Tonie E. Rocke et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Rapid response of a grassland ecosystem to an experimental manipulation of a keystone rodent and domestic livestock

(2010) Ana D. Davidson et al.   ECOLOGY

The place of the steppe marmot in steppe ecosystems of Ukraine: an historical approach

(2010) V. Ronkin et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rapid Decline of a Grassland System and Its Ecological and Conservation Implications

(2010) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PLoS One

Does the ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi contribute to habitat change in Lesotho?

(2009) Thabiso Mokotjomela et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Complementary effects of disturbance by livestock and marmots on the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation and soil in a Mongolian steppe ecosystem

(2009) Yu Yoshihara et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Modeling habitat use of the threatened and endemic mara (Dolichotis patagonum, Rodentia, Caviidae) in agricultural landscapes of Monte Desert

(2009) D. Rodríguez   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Pollinators are attracted to mounds created by burrowing animals (marmots) in a Mongolian grassland

(2009) Y. Yoshihara et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Spatial pattern of grazing affects influence of herbivores on spatial heterogeneity of plants and soils

(2009) Yu Yoshihara et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Endangered Siberian marmot Marmota sibirica as a keystone species? Observations and implications of burrow use by corsac foxes Vulpes corsac in Mongolia

(2009) James D. Murdoch et al.   ORYX

Engineering rodents create key habitat for lizards

(2008) A.D. Davidson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Ecological roles of rabbit, bettong and bilby warrens in arid Australia

(2008) J.L. Read et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Alteration of ecosystem structure by a burrowing herbivore, the plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus)

(2008) Diego Villarreal et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY