Food habits of pumas in northwestern Sonora, Mexico

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 528-535

  Rosas Rosas, Octavio C ^a   Valdez, Raul ^a   Bender, Louis C ^a   Daniel, David ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Food habits; Mexico; Mule deer; Ovis canadensis; Puma; Puma concolor; Sonora

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION;

MEXICO;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PECARI TAJACU; PUMA CONCOLOR; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS AUDUBONII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037829346     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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