Social organization of mountain lions: Does a land-tenure system regulate population size?

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1533-1543

  Pierce, Becky M ^a,b   Bleich, Vernon C ^a,b   Bowyer, R Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Land tenure system; Mountain lion; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Population regulation; Predation; Puma concolor; Social organization; Spatial distribution; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FELID; POPULATION REGULATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0033949167     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1533:SOOMLD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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