Survival and cause-specific mortality of adult bobcats in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 613-620

  Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^a   Burger Jr , Loren W ^a   Plowman, Bruce W ^b   Michael Conner, L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Cause specific mortality; Lynx rufus; Mississippi; Survival

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0032910852     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802650     Document Type: Article

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