Habitat partitioning by sympatric ocelots and bobcats: Implications for recovery of ocelots in southern texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Horne, Jon S ^a,b   Haines, Aaron M ^b   Teaves, Michael E ^a   Laack, Linda L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 67650077233     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/PS-49.1     Document Type: Article

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