Survival and Mortality of Pumas (Puma concolor) in a Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscape.

Wide-ranging large carnivores pose myriad challenges for conservation, especially in highly fragmented landscapes. Over a 13-year period, we combined monitoring of radio collared pumas (Puma concolor) with complementary multi-generational genetic analyses to inform puma conservation in southern Cali...

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Main Authors: T Winston Vickers, Jessica N Sanchez, Christine K Johnson, Scott A Morrison, Randy Botta, Trish Smith, Brian S Cohen, Patrick R Huber, Holly B Ernest, Walter M Boyce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503643?pdf=render