Selection of mule deer by mountain lions and coyotes: Effects of hunting style, body size, and reproductive status

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 462-472

  Pierce, B M ^a   Bleich, V C ^a   Bowyer, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Canis latrans; Coyote; Mountain lion; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Predation; Prey; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

EID: 0034426417     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0462:SOMDBM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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