Food habits of recolonizing cougars in the dakotas: Prey obtained from prairie and agricultural habitats

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Thompson, Daniel J ^a   Fecske, Dorothy M ^b   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a   Jarding, Angela R ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; PREY CAPTURE; RECOLONIZATION; RODENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CERVIDAE; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; FELIS SILVESTRIS; LEPUS TOWNSENDII; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; ODOCOILEUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; RODENTIA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXUS;

EID: 59149098809     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-161.1.69     Document Type: Article

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