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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

atmospheric and climatic processes

Other Subject Keywords

microclimate, temperature, burrows, Black-tailed prairie dogs, relative humidity, fleas

Place Keywords

UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge, MT, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, MT, Lower Brule Sioux Reservation, SD, Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit, ND, BLM Pecos District, NM, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, SD, Pueblo Chemical Depot, CO

Temperatures of black-tailed prairie dog burrows through the U.S. Great Plains

This data is measurements of the temperature inside prairie dog burrows. The data were recorded every half hour during May, June, and August of 2016 and 2017 in New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana.

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Author(s) Julia E. Poje orcid, Tonie E Rocke orcid, Michael D. Samuel
Publication Date 2022-10-17
Beginning Date of Data 2016-05-24
Ending Date of Data 2017-08-24
Data Contact
Tonie E Rocke
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P93TCY21
Citation Poje, J.E., Rocke, T.E., and Samuel, M.D., 2022, Temperatures of black-tailed prairie dog burrows through the U.S. Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93TCY21.
Metadata Contact
Tonie E Rocke
Metadata Date 2022-10-17
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