Survival and mortality of cougars in the Trans-Pecos Region

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-418

  Young, John H ^a   Tewes, Michael E ^b   Haines, Aaron M ^c   Guzman, Gilbert ^a   Demaso, Stephen J ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

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

^c Upper Iowa University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECOS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77956601749     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/MD-10.1     Document Type: Article

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