Observations of reproduction in mountain lions from Nebraska

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-240

  Wilson, Sam ^a   Hoffman, Justin D ^b   Genoways, Hugh H ^c  

^a NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

mountain lion; Nebraska; Pine Ridge; Puma concolor; reproduction

Indexed keywords

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77955079066     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0211     Document Type: Article

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