, 2022 Cougars make a living by not being seen. In areas disturbed by humans, these cats are most active at dusk and early in the morning. In low-light conditions, cougars see up to six times better than humans.
Erzsebet Frey
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Cougar population status and range expansion in Alberta during 1991–2010
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014 In Alberta, Canada, number of cougar (Puma concolor) mortalities caused by humans has increased rapidly over the past 2 decades. Management agencies sometimes use human‐caused mortalities as an index of cougar population trend, which would indicate an ...
Mark S Boyce
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014 Cougar (Puma concolor) populations have expanded in many western areas of the United States. The Black Hills cougar population naturally recolonized the area and cohabitates within an ecosystem heavily dissected by roads and human activity.
Daniel J. Thompson +2 more
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Human–Cougar interactions in the wildland–urban interface of Colorado's front range
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 As human populations continue to expand across the world, the need to understand and manage wildlife populations within the wildland–urban interface is becoming commonplace.
Frances Buderman +2 more
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Recolonizing carnivores: Is cougar predation behaviorally mediated by bears?
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Conservation and management efforts have resulted in population increases and range expansions for some apex predators, potentially changing trophic cascades and foraging behavior. Changes in sympatric carnivore and dominant scavenger populations provide
Kristin N. Engebretsen +6 more
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The effects of smartphone addiction on learning: A meta-analysis
Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2021 Research on smartphone use among college students is extensive. Although numerous studies have examined the relationships between mobile phone use and academic achievements, many such studies have yielded mixed findings.
Oluwafemi J. Sunday +2 more
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Habitat capacity for cougar recolonization in the Upper Great Lakes region. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND: Recent findings indicate that cougars (Puma concolor) are expanding their range into the midwestern United States. Confirmed reports of cougar in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have increased dramatically in frequency during the last five
Shawn T O Neil +2 more
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Does sex matter? Temporal and spatial patterns of cougar-human conflict in British Columbia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Wildlife-human conflicts occur wherever large carnivores overlap human inhabited areas. Conflict mitigation can be facilitated by understanding long-term dynamics and examining sex-structured conflict patterns.
Kristine J Teichman +2 more
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Food habits of the Cougar Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Central Andes of the Colombian Coffee Region [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020 The feeding habits of the cougar have been scarcely studied in Colombia, despite its importance in the ecosystems it inhabits. In this study, we analysed the diet of the cougar using 53 feces samples collected from several sites in the Central Andes of ...
Diana Camila Muñoz Castillo +3 more
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Big cats are still walking in El Salvador: first photographic records of Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) and an overview of historical records in the country [PDF]
Check List, 2020 The presence of Puma, Puma concolor, has been controversial in El Salvador due to the lack of published, verifiable data. We surveyed 119 sites in Montecristo National Park and 17 sites in the Río Sapo basin using wildlife cameras. We detected
Andrea Morales-Rivas +8 more
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