Experimental evaluation of population trend and harvest composition in a Wyoming cougar population

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-188

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Cougar; Exploitation; Population trend; Puma concolor; Sex age composition

Indexed keywords

FELID; HARVESTING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREDATOR CONTROL; TREND ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SNOWY RANGE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 22244453774     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[179:EEOPTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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