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Effects of remedial sport hunting on cougar complaints and livestock depredations.
PLoS ONE, 2013 Remedial sport hunting of predators is often used to reduce predator populations and associated complaints and livestock depredations. We assessed the effects of remedial sport hunting on reducing cougar complaints and livestock depredations in ...
Kaylie A Peebles +3 more
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Seasonal foraging ecology of non-migratory cougars in a system with migrating prey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 We tested for seasonal differences in cougar (Puma concolor) foraging behaviors in the Southern Yellowstone Ecosystem, a multi-prey system in which ungulate prey migrate, and cougars do not.
L Mark Elbroch +4 more
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Research Note. Trichinella spiralis parasitizing Puma concolor: first record in wildlife in Chile
Helminthologia, 2015 The genus Trichinella is widespread in all continents but Antarctica. The only way to identify the species/genotypes is through molecular analyses. In Chile, only one study has reported Trichinella larvae in a cougar, but the species of Trichinella was ...
Landaeta-Aqueveque C. +7 more
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Factors Governing Risk of Cougar Attacks on Humans
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Since the 1980s wildlife managers in the United States and Canada have expressed increasing concern about the physical threat posed by cougars (Puma concolor) to humans.
David Mattson +2 more
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From Meow to ROAR: Expanding Open Access Repository Services at the University of Houston Libraries
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2019 INTRODUCTION The rapidly changing scholarly communication ecosystem is placing a growing premium on research data and scholarship that is openly available.
Anne Washington +5 more
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ACM SIGMOD Record, 2003 We present an update on the status of the Cougar Sensor Database Project, in which we are investigating a database approach to sensor networks: Clients "program" the sensors through queries in a high-level declarative language (such as a variant of SQL).
Alan J. Demers +4 more
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Mapping potential habitat for naturally recolonizing cougars (Puma concolor) in Missouri, USA
Global Ecology and ConservationCougars (Puma concolor) have been increasingly documented in the Midwestern United States in the past few decades following historical extirpation, including in Missouri (USA), where verified sightings occur regularly. To map potential habitat and inform
Kara Gregory +4 more
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Stepping stones to extirpation: Puma patch occupancy thresholds in an urban‐wildland matrix
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Habitat loss and fragmentation are the leading causes of species range contraction and extirpation, worldwide. Factors that predict sensitivity to fragmentation include high trophic level, large body size, and extensive spatial requirements.
David C. Stoner +2 more
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, 2021 Cougar Pantry, a food pantry for Kean University students, offers an assortment of donated non-perishable foods, as well as health and hygiene products.
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Research to regulation: Cougar social behavior as a guide for management
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013 Cougar (Puma concolor) populations are a challenge to estimate because of low densities and the difficulty marking and monitoring individuals. As a result, their management is often based on imperfect data.
Richard A. Beausoleil +4 more
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