The rise and fall of bobcat populations in New Hampshire: Relevance of historical harvests to understanding current patterns of abundance and distribution

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-528

  Litvaitis, J A ^a   Tash, J P ^a   Stevens, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcats; Bounty; Cottontails; Early successional habitat; Historical land use

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; FELID; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS;

EID: 29944442114     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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