Puma energetics: A recalculation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 723-732

  Laundré, John W ^a  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Energetics; Idaho; Prey requirements; Puma concolor; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FELID; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 23744432763     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0723:PEAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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