Behaviors of bobcats preying on white-tailed deer in the Everglades

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-281

  Labisky, Ronald F ^a   Boulay, Margaret C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOBCAT; DEER; PREDATION BEHAVIOUR;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; USA;

CARNIVORA; CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINANUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0031780957     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0275:BOBPOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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