Black Footed Ferret Sites
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Red- Breeding Facilities
Blue- Reintroduction Sites
Green- Current States Where The Black Footed Ferret Lives
Information for these sites found on "Online Resources." Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team. Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team, 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://www.blackfootedferret.org/online_resources>.
Red- Breeding Facilities
Blue- Reintroduction Sites
Green- Current States Where The Black Footed Ferret Lives
Information for these sites found on "Online Resources." Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team. Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team, 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://www.blackfootedferret.org/online_resources>.
Location
Range. N.d. Prairie Wildlife Research. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. <http://www.prairiewildlife.org/bff.html>.
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Map of Species Occurence. N.d. U.S. FWS. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. <http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=A004>.
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Historical Habitat: |
Current Habitat: |
Historical Location: Great Plains, Mountain Basins, Semiarid Grasslands (of west central Northern American), and from southern Canada to northern Mexico (Belant, Gober, Biggins).
The range shown above is where the Great Plains are located. The grey area overlapping into the pink area shows southern Canada, and the grey area overlapping with the yellow area shows northern Mexico. |
Current Location: Arizona, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, New Mexico, Chihuahua Mexico, and Kansas (Belant, Gober, Biggins).
The area above shows the states: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and parts of Kansas and New Mexico. |
The Great Plains
The Great Plains: The Great Plains are a major habitat for the Black Footed Ferret, historically and today. Since prairie dogs, one of the major providers of food for the Black Footed Ferret, takes residency in the Great Plains, so does the Black Footed Ferret. The clearing of this land poses a major threat to the population of Black Footed Ferrets and almost pushed them to being believed to be extinct when prairie dogs were being poisoned ("Scientists At").
Climate: Has a Continental Climate. Cold winters and warm summers, with low precipitation and humidity, much wind, and sudden changes in temperature ("Great Plains").
Vegetation: Natural vegetation in the Great Plains is dominated by grasses—Tallgrass and Medium Grass Prairie in the east and Shortgrass and Bunchgrass Steppes in the west. These grasslands include Forbs and larger plants such as the Yucca and the Prickly Pear Cactus in marginal areas, as well as Shrubs and some Small Trees such as the Mesquite and the Sagebrush ("Great Plains").
Climate: Has a Continental Climate. Cold winters and warm summers, with low precipitation and humidity, much wind, and sudden changes in temperature ("Great Plains").
Vegetation: Natural vegetation in the Great Plains is dominated by grasses—Tallgrass and Medium Grass Prairie in the east and Shortgrass and Bunchgrass Steppes in the west. These grasslands include Forbs and larger plants such as the Yucca and the Prickly Pear Cactus in marginal areas, as well as Shrubs and some Small Trees such as the Mesquite and the Sagebrush ("Great Plains").
Habitat:
Biotic Factors:
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Abiotic Factors:
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Black Footed Ferret Food Chain/Web:
"Grassland Food Web" Glogster.com
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Black Footed Ferret. N.d. Denver, Colorado. U.S. FWS. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/2013/12232013_bffRecoveryPlan.php>.
Black-tailed Prairie Dog. 2008. Colfax County, New Mexico. Tringa Photography. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.tringa.org/image/9912400916_Black-tailed_Prairie_Dog_09-19-2008_1>. Bowles Golden Sedge. N.d. Nature's Notes. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://naturesperspective.com/blog/?p=1792>. Coyote (Canis Latrans). N.d. Wildscreen Arkive. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.arkive.org/coyote/canis-latrans/image-G61494.html>. |