Causes of mortality in the Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 350-353

  Buergelt, C D ^a,b   Homer, B L ^a   Spalding, M G ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida panther; Genetic diversity; Panther mortality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TIGER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

EID: 0036411724     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04403.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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