Cougar prey selection in a white-tailed deer and mule deer community

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Cooley, Hilary S ^a   Robinson, Hugh S ^a   Wielgus, Robert B ^a,b   Lambert, Catherine S ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cougar; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; Predation; Predation rates; Prey selection; Puma concolor; Washington; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 38649120890     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-060     Document Type: Article

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