Florida panther habitat use: New approach to an old problem

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1778-1785

  Cox, John J ^a   Maehr, David S ^a   Larkin, Jeffery L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cougar; Euclidean distance based analysis; Florida; Habitat; Mountain lion; Panther; Puma concolor coryi; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

EID: 33846809402     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1778:FPHUNA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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