Long-distance dispersal of a female cougar in a basin and range landscape

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Stoner, David C ^a   Rieth, Wendy R ^a   Wolfe, Michael L ^a   Mecham, Mclain B ^a   Neville, Ann ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cougar; Dispersal; Global Positioning System; Great Basin; Puma concolor; Rocky Mountains; Utah

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ELEVATION; FELID; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; RANGELAND; RECOLONIZATION;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; NORTH AMERICA; OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 43249128284     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-219     Document Type: Article

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