Numerical and demographic responses of pumas to changes in prey abundance: Testing current predictions

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-355

  Laundré, John W ^a   Hernández, Lucina ^a   Clark, Susan G ^b,c  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

Idaho; Mule deer; Population changes; Pumas; Utah

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; FELID; JUVENILE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33947227660     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-627     Document Type: Article

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