Source populations in carnivore management: Cougar demography and emigration in a lightly hunted population

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Cooley, H S ^a   Wielgus, R B ^a   Koehler, G ^b   Maletzke, B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Cougar; Emigration; Hunting; Mortality; Populationdynamics; Populationgrowth rate; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION; FELID; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67651178030     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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