A habitat assessment for florida panther population expansion into central florida

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 918-925

  Thatcher, Cindy A ^a   Van Manen, Frank T ^a   Clark, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloosahatchee river; Florida panther; Habitat evaluation; Mahalanobis distance; Puma concolor; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DATA SET; FELID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PATCH USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOVERY PLAN;

CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI;

EID: 77950837321     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-219.1     Document Type: Article

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