Cougar population characteristics in southeastern British Columbia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 962-969

  Spreadbury, Brian R ^a   Musil, Kevin ^a   Musil, Jim ^a   Kaisner, Chris ^a   Kovak, John ^a  

^a Box 83 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; capture recapture; cougar; density; dispersal; home ranges; mortality; population; Puma concolor; radiotelemetry; reproduction

Indexed keywords

COUGAR; DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0030301496     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802398     Document Type: Article

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