Landscape features influence postrelease predation on endangered black-footed ferrets

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 732-741

  Poessel, Sharon A ^a,e   Breck, Stewart W ^b   Biggins, Dean E ^c   Livieri, Travis M ^d   Crooks, Kevin R ^a   Angeloni, Lisa ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubo virginianus; Canis latrans; coyote; great horned owl; habitat selection; Mustela nigripes; predation risk

Indexed keywords

CANID; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; LINEARITY; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL;

SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CANIS LATRANS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 80051882160     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-061.1     Document Type: Article

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