Validation of a rigorous track classification technique: Identifying individual mountain lions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-321

  Lewison, Rebecca ^a   Fitzhugh, E L ^a   Galentine, Steve P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USD A/Anim Plant Hlth I   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore density estimates; Cougar; Discriminant analysis; Individual identification; Mountain lion; Puma; Puma concolor; Track classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348141587     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00197-X     Document Type: Article

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