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Are there any plants that prairie dogs don't eat that can be used to replace the plants they do eat, thereby reducing the attractiveness of the area for their habitation?

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Your question is a good one because it seeks a cultural practice to reduce prairie dog populations through habitat modification.

Black-tailed prairie dogs avoid (usually) sage brush, three-awn, prairiedog weed, and horseweed. Beyond that, we are not aware of more specific research. We would suggest searching our Digital Commons database digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm/. It presently houses over 1,800 articles (and continues to grow) that can be searched.

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icwdm.org/handbook/rodents/PrairieDogs.asp

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