Puma spatial ecology in open habitats with aggregate prey

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 377-384

  Elbroch, L Mark ^a   Wittmer, Heiko U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Home range; Lama guanicoe; Patagonia; Puma concolor; Resource use

Indexed keywords

FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HOME RANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE;

PATAGONIA;

FELIDAE; LAMA GUANICOE; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84864523132     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Bank M.S., Sarno R.J., Franklin W.L. Spatial distribution of guanaco mating sites in southern Chile: conservation implications. Biol. Conserv. 2003, 112:427-434.
2. Beier P. A focal species for conservation planning. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 177-190. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
3. Beyer, H.L., 2004. Hawth's analysis tools for ArcGIS. http://www.spatialecology.com/htools.
4. Cooley H.S., Wielgus R.B., Koehler G.M., Maletzke B.T. Source populations in carnivore management: cougar demography and emigration in a lightly hunted population. Anim. Conserv. 2009, 12:321-328.
5. Corti P., Shafer A.B., Coltman D.W., Festa-Bianchet M. Past bottlenecks and current population fragmentation of endangered huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus): implications for preservation of genetic diversity. Conserv. Genet. 2011, 12:119-128.
6. Dasgupta N., Alldredge J.R. A chi-square goodness-of-fit analysis of dependent resource selection data. Biometrics 2000, 56:402-408.
7. Dickson B.G., Beier P. Home range and habitat selection by adult cougars in southern California. J. Wildlife Manage. 2002, 66:1235-1245.
8. Elbroch M., Wittmer H.U., Saucedo C. Swimming by pumas (Puma concolor) in Patagonia: rethinking barriers to puma movement. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 2010, 45:187-190.
9. Elbroch M., Wittmer H.U., Saucedo C., Corti P. Long-distance dispersal of a Patagonia puma. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 2009, 82:459-461.
10. Endlicher W. Zur klimageographie und klimaökologie von südpatagonien. 100 jahre klimatologische messungen in Punta Arenas. Freiburger Geographische Hefte 1991, 32:181-211.
11. Ernest H.B., Boyce W.M., Bleich V.C., May B., Stiver S.J., Torres S.G. Genetic structure of mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations in California. Conserv. Genet. 2003, 4:353-366.
12. Fieberg J., Matthiopoulos J., Hebblewhite M., Boyce M.S., Frair J.L. Correlation and studies of habitat selection: problem, red herring or opportunity?. Philos. T. R. Soc. B 2010, 365:2233-2244.
13. Franklin W.L., Johnson W.E., Sarno R.J., Iriarte J.A. Ecology of the Patagonia puma in southern Chile. Biol. Conserv. 1999, 90:33-40.
14. Grigione M.M., Beier P., Hopkins R.A., Neal D., Padley W.D., Schonewald C.M., Johnson M.L. Ecological and allometric determinants of home-range size for mountain lions (Puma concolor). Anim. Conserv. 2002, 5:317-324.
15. Hayward M.W., Henschel P., O'Brien J., Hofmeyr M., Balme G., Kerley G.I. Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus). J. Zool. 2006, 270:298-313.
16. Heffelfinger, J., 1997. Age Criteria for Arizona Game Species, Special Report #19. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix.
17. Hooge P.N., Eichenlaub B. Animal Movement Extension to Arcview. ver. 1.1 1997, Alaska Science Center - Biological Science Office, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK, USA.
18. Iriarte A. Mammiferos de Chile 2008, Lynx Editions, Barcelona.
19. Johnson D.H. The comparison of usage and availability measurements for evaluating resource preference. Ecology 1980, 61:65-71.
20. Kelly M.J., Noss A.J., Di Bitetti M.S., Maffei L., Arispe R.L., Paviolo A., De Angelo C.D., Di Blanco Y.E. Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina, and Belize. J. Mammal. 2008, 89:408-418.
21. Kie J.G., Matthiopoulos J., Fieberg J., Powell R.A., Cagnacci F., Mitchell M.S., Gaillard J.M., Moorcroft P.R. The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?. Philos. T. R. Soc. B 2010, 365:2221-2231.
22. Lamprecht J. The relationship between food competition and foraging group size in some larger carnivores: a hypothesis. Tierpsychol. 1978, 46:337-343.
23. Laundré J.W. Puma energetics: a recalculation. J. Wildlife Manage. 2005, 69:723-732.
24. Laundré J.W. Behavioral response races, predator-prey shell games, ecology of fear, and patch use of pumas and their ungulate prey. Ecology 2010, 91:2995-3007.
25. Laundré J.W., Hernández L., Streubel D., Altendorf K., González C.L. Aging mountain lions using gum-line recession. Wildlife Soc. B 2000, 28:963-966.
26. Logan K.A., Sweanor L.L. Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore 2001, Island Press, Washington.
27. Logan K.A., Sweanor L.L. Behavior and social organization of a solitary carnivore. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 105-117. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
28. MacDonald D.W., Loveridge A.J. Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids 2010, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
29. McRae B.H., Beier P., DeWald L.E., Huynh L.Y., Keim P. Habitat barriers limit gene flow and illuminate historical events in a wide-ranging carnivore, the American puma. Mol. Ecol. 2005, 14:1965-1977.
30. McLellan B.N. Dynamics of a grizzly bear population during a period of industrial resource extraction: density and age-sex composition. Can. J. Zool. 1989, 67:1856-1860.
31. Mohr C.O. Table of equivalent populations of North American small mammals. Am. Midl. Nat. 1947, 37:223-249.
32. Mosser A., Packer C. Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo. Anim. Behav. 2009, 78:359-370.
33. Murphy K., Ruth T. Diet and prey selection of a perfect predator. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 118-137. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
34. Novaro A.J., Funes M.C., Walker R.S. Ecological extinction of native prey of a carnivore assemblage in Argentine Patagonia. Biol. Conserv. 2000, 92:25-33.
35. Quigley H., Hornocker M. Cougar population dynamics. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 59-75. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
36. Raedeke, K.J., 1979. Population dynamics and socio-ecology of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) of Magallanes, Chile. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Washington, 409 pp.
37. Riley S.J., Nesslage G.M., Maurer B.A. Dynamics of early wolf and cougar eradication efforts in Montana: implications for conservation. Biol. Conserv. 2004, 119:575-579.
38. Ruth T., Murphy K. Competition with other carnivores for prey. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 163-174. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
39. Ruth T.K., Haroldson M.A., Murphy K.M., Buotte P.C., Hornocker M.G., Quigley H.B. Cougar survival and source-sink structure on Greater Yellowstone's Northern Range. J. Wildlife Manage. 2011, 75:1381-1398.
40. Schmidt K. Behavioural and spatial adaptation of the Eurasian lynx to a decline in prey availability. Acta Theriol. 2008, 53:1-16.
41. Seaman D.E., Powell R.A. An evaluation of the accuracy of kernel density estimators for home range analysis. Ecology 1996, 77:2075-2085.
42. Steel R.G., Torrie J.H., Dickey D.A. Principles and Procedures of Statistics 1997, McGraw-Hill, New York. 3rd ed.
43. Sunquist M., Sunquist F. Wild Cats of the World 2002, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
44. Thomas L., Buckland S.T., Rexstad E.A., Laake J.L., Strindberg S., Hedley S.L., Bishop J.R., Marques T.A., Burnham K.P. Distance software: design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size. J. Appl. Ecol. 2010, 47:5-14.
45. Torres, H., 1992. IUCN/SSC South American Camelid Specialist Group. Gland, 58 pp.
46. Walker S., Novaro A. The world's southernmost puma in Patagonia and the southern Andes. Cougar: Ecology and Conservation 2010, 91-99. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. M. Hornocker, S. Negri (Eds.).
47. Williams J.S., McCarthy J.J., Picton H.D. Cougar habitat use and food habits on the Montana Rocky Mountain Front. Intermt. J. Sci. 1995, 1:16-28.
48. Wittmer H.U., Corti P., Saucedo C., Galaz J.L. Learning to count: adapting population monitoring for endangered huemul deer to meet conservation objectives. Oryx 2010, 44:516-522.
49. Worton B.J. Kernel methods for estimating the utilization distribution in home-range studies. Ecology 1989, 70:164-168.