Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deer

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Krumm, Caroline E ^a,b   Conner, Mary M ^c   Hobbs, N Thompson ^b   Hunter, Don O ^d   Miller, Michael W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Predation; Prion; Puma concolor; Selection; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FELID; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; PRION DISEASE; SYMPATRY; VULNERABILITY;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77951470246     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0742     Document Type: Article

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