Identifying individual mountain lions Felis concolor by their tracks: Refinement of an innovative technique

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-32

  Grigione, Melissa M ^a   Burman, Prabir ^a   Bleich, Vernon C ^b,c   Pierce, Becky M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual identification; Mountain lion; Population estimation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TRACKING;

FELIS; MARTES PENNANTI; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0033005981     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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