Survival and sources of mortality in ocelots

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 255-263

  Haines, Aaron M ^a   Tewes, Michael E ^a   Laack, Linda L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Leopardus pardalis; Mortality; Ocelot; Resident; Survival; Texas; Transient; Vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; ROADKILL; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS;

EID: 18044385776     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0255:SASOMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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