From the field: Use of camera traps to measure predation risk in a puma-mule deer system

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 353-358

  Hernández, Lucina ^a,c   Laundré, John W ^a   Gurung, Mahesh ^b  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^b Truman College Chicago   (United States)

^c Durango Regional Center   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Photographs; Predation risk; Pumas

Indexed keywords

FELID; MICROHABITAT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

CERCOCARPUS; CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS; CERVIDAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 22244478054     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[353:FTFUOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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