Estimating cougar predation rates from GPS location clusters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-316

  Anderson Jr , Charles R ^a   Lindzey, Frederick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cougar; Global Positioning System; GPS; Predation model; Predation rate; Prey composition; Puma concolor; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; GPS; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; PROBABILITY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ALCES ALCES; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0038709522     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802772     Document Type: Article

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