Tracking large carnivore dispersal using isotopic clues in claws: An application to cougars across the Great Plains

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-499

  Hénaux, Viviane ^a   Powell, Larkin A ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Nielsen, Clayton K ^c   Larue, Michelle A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Cougar; Deuterium; Dispersal; Isoscapes; Least cost path; Migration route; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858798462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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