Do female pumas (Puma concolor) exhibit A birth pulse?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1300-1304

  Laundré, John W ^a   Hernández, Lucina ^a  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birth pulse; Idaho; Puma concolor; Survival of young; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; FELID; MATERNAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 35548987569     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-296R.1     Document Type: Article

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