Does the cougar inhabit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Belant, Jerrold L ^a   Yancho, Stephen E ^a   Struthers, Kimberly S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Camera survey; Cougar; Michigan; Puma concolor; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; Track survey

Indexed keywords

FELID; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TRACKING;

GREAT PLAINS; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33750877042     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[370:DTCISB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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