Regulation of space use in a solitary felid: Population density or prey availability?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 685-693

  Benson, John F ^a,c   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FELID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FELIDAE; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644652062     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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