Spatial organization of adult bobcats in a longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem in southwestern Georgia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-724

  Cochrane, Jessica C ^a   Kirby, Jordona D ^a   Jones, Ivy G ^a   Conner, L Mike ^a   Warren, Robert J ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33846809045     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[711:SOOABI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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