The quota system of cougar harvest management in Alberta

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 490-494

  Ross, P Ian ^a,c,d,e,f   Jalkotzy, Martin G ^a,c,d,e,f   Gunson, John R ^b,g,h  

^a Arc Wildlife Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c Arc Wildlife Services Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f Cat Specialist Grp IUCN Species S   (Canada)

^g Alberta Dept of Environ Protection   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; cougar; harvest management; Puma concolor; quotas; recreational hunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029928355     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. ALBERTA FISH AND WILDLIFE DIVISION. 1992. Management plan for cougar in Alberta. Wildl. Manage. Planning Ser. No. 5, Edmonton. 91pp.
2. ANDERSON, A. E. 1985. A critical review of literature on puma (Relis concolor). Colorado Div. Wildl. Spec. Rep. 54. 91pp.
3. ASHMAN, D. L., G. C. CHRISTENSEN, M. C. HESS, G. K. TSUKAMOTO, AND M. S. WICKERSHAM. 1983. The mountain lion in Nevada. Nev. Dep. Wildl., Reno. 75pp.
4. CAUGHLEY, G., AND A. R. E. SINCLAIR. 1994. Wildlife ecology and management. Blackwell Scientific Publ., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 337pp.
5. LINDZEY, F. 1987. Mountain lion. Pages 657-668 in M. Novak, J. A. Baker, M. E. Obbard, and B. Malloch, eds. Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America. Ontario Trappers Assoc., North Bay.
6. MURPHY, K. M. 1983. Relationships between a mountain lion population and hunting pressure in western Montana. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Montana, Missoula. 48pp.
7. ROSS, P. I., AND M. G. JALKOTZY. 1992. Characteristics of a hunted population of cougars in southwestern Alberta. J. Wildl. Manage. 56:417-426.
8. SOKAL, R. R., AND F. J. ROHLF. 1987. Introduction to biostatistics. Second ed. Freeman, New York, N.Y. 363pp.
9. VAN DYKE, F. G., R. H. BROCKE, AND H. G. SHAW. 1986. Use of road track counts as indices of mountain lion presence. J. Wildl. Manage. 50:102-109.
10. VAN SICKLE, W. D., AND F. G. LINDZEY. 1991. Evaluation of a cougar population estimator based on probability sampling. J. Wildl. Manage. 55:738-743.