Florida panther habitat selection analysis of concurrent GPS and VHF telemetry data

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 633-639

  Land, E Darrell ^a   Shindle, David B ^a,b   Kawula, Robert J ^a   Benson, John F ^a,c   Lotz, Mark A ^a   Onorato, Dave P ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Environmental Science Division   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Euclidean distance; Florida panther; Global Positioning System (GPS) telemetry; Habitat selection; Puma concolor coryi; Southern Florida

Indexed keywords

DATA; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; TELEMETRY;

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

PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

EID: 39449100950     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-136     Document Type: Article

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