Use of open, edge and forest areas by pumas Puma concolor in winter: Are pumas foraging optimally?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Holmes, Brian R ^a,c   Laundré, John W ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^c US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Idaho; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Optimal foraging; Puma concolor; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33745841274     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[201:UOOEAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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