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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Ecological effects of fear: How spatiotemporal heterogeneity in predation risk influences mule deer access to forage in a sky‐island system [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Forage availability and predation risk interact to affect habitat use of ungulates across many biomes. Within sky‐island habitats of the Mojave Desert, increased availability of diverse forage and cover may provide ungulates with unique opportunities to ...
Christopher Lowrey +5 more
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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
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Habitat suitability and protected area coverage for an expanding cougar Puma concolor population in Canada [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSuccessful conservation of expanding large carnivore populations and management of human–wildlife conflict to promote coexistence requires sufficient spatiotemporal knowledge to inform appropriate action.
Jennifer A. Christoff +1 more
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Native prey, not landscape change or novel prey, drive cougar (Puma concolor) distribution at a boreal forest range edge [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMany large carnivores, despite widespread habitat alteration, are rebounding in parts of their former ranges after decades of persecution and exploitation.
Millicent V. Gaston +4 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.
Mathew W Alldredge +2 more
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Prey size mediates interference competition and predation dynamics in a large carnivore community [PDF]
Communications BiologyDirect competition for resources is especially fierce among predators, leading to disproportionately strong effects on fitness and functional roles. These competitive effects are exacerbated in complex predator guilds with dominance hierarchies that have
Jack W. Rabe +10 more
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Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Wolf behavioural, spatial, and serological data over 26 years show that wolf territory overlap with areas of high cougar density is a significant predictor of T. gondii infection.
Connor J. Meyer +6 more
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Rabies Virus Variants Detected from Cougar (Puma concolor) in Mexico 2000–2021 [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) recognized Mexico as a country free of human rabies transmitted by dogs.
Fabiola Garcés-Ayala +10 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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