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Wild Felids as Hosts for Human Plague, Western United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations of pumas and bobcats in the western United States. High levels of exposure in plague-endemic regions indicate the need to consider the ecology and pathobiology of plague in nondomestic felid hosts to ...
Sarah N. Bevins, Jeff A. Tracey, Sam P. Franklin, Virginia L. Schmit, Martha L. MacMillan, Kenneth L. Gage, Martin E. Schriefer, Kenneth A. Logan, Linda L. Sweanor, Mat W. Alldredge, Caroline Krumm, Walter M. Boyce, Winston Vickers, Seth P.D. Riley, Lisa M. Lyren, Erin E. Boydston, Robert N. Fisher, Melody E. Roelke, Mo Salman, Kevin R. Crooks, Sue VandeWoude   +20 more
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Molecular techniques for identifying intraguild predators of fishers and other North American small carnivores

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013
Identifying predators of threatened and endangered species is important for understanding and reducing the impacts of predation. Visible evidence collected from a carcass alone is often insufficient to accurately identify predator species.
Greta M. Wengert, Mourad W. Gabriel, Janet E. Foley, Teri Kun, Benjamin N. Sacks   +4 more
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Space Use and Movement of Urban Bobcats

Animals, 2019
Global urbanization is rapidly changing the landscape for wildlife species that must learn to persist in declining wild spacing, adapt, or risk extinction.
Julie K. Young, Julie Golla, John P. Draper, Derek Broman, Terry Blankenship, Richard Heilbrun   +5 more
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Genetic analysis of harvest samples reveals population structure in a highly mobile generalist carnivore

Ecology and Evolution
Delineating wildlife population boundaries is important for effective population monitoring and management. The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a highly mobile generalist carnivore that is ecologically and economically important. We sampled 1225 bobcats harvested
Stuart C. Fetherston, Robert C. Lonsinger, Lora B. Perkins, Chadwick P. Lehman, Jennifer R. Adams, Lisette P. Waits   +5 more
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Sarcocystis and Hepatozoon Infections in Tongues of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Oklahoma, USA

Parasitologia
Archived, frozen tongues of 56 bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Oklahoma, USA, were tested for parasites. Testing for Sarcocystis infections included microscopic examination of unstained muscle squashes, histological sections of paraffin-embedded tissues, and ...
Jitender P. Dubey, Aditya Gupta, Benjamin M. Rosenthal, Mason Reichard   +3 more
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An evaluation of genetic survey methods for bobcats in western Maryland

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Noninvasive genetic survey (NGS) methods are a common technique used for monitoring solitary species; however, researchers and managers may have trouble determining which survey method(s) are suitable for a specific study. Research evaluating various NGS
Kevin J. Lamp, Angela M. Holland, Lisette P. Waits, Jacob L. Bowman   +3 more
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Exploring Scavenging Behavior of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Middle Tennessee Area and Its Forensic Implications

Forensic Sciences
(1) Background: Scavenger activity can pose significant challenges in forensic investigations. When examining damage on a victim, forensic investigators must first determine whether the damage resulted from human actions or animal scavenging. Accordingly,
Yangseung Jeong, Aaron Gatewood, Eun Jin Woo   +2 more
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Author Correction: Roadkill and space use data predict vehicle-strike hotspots and mortality rates in a recovering bobcat (Lynx rufus) population. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Bencin HL, Prange S, Rose C, Popescu VD.
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Wildlife students as community scientists provide statewide detection data to help non‐invasively monitor Oklahoma bobcats

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Community science projects are ideal for collecting species data at large spatial scales and can connect the public with the management and conservation of native wildlife.
Nathan J. Proudman, Michelle L. Haynie, Victoria L. Jackson, Jerrod Davis, W. Sue Fairbanks   +4 more
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Densidad poblacional y ocupación del lince rojo (Lynx rufus Schreber) en el matorral espinoso

Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios
El lince rojo (Lynx Rufus Schreber, 1777) es un mesodepredador que se distribuye desde el sur de Canadá hasta el Sur de México. Su presencia es indicadora de la buena calidad del ecosistema. Aunque se considera el felino más abundante de México, existen
José Manuel Mata Balderas, Carlos Guadalupe Andrade Peña, Tania Isela Sarmiento Muñoz, Karen Alejandra Cavada Prado, Elizabeth Mata Balderas, Eduardo Treviño Garza, Eduardo Alanís Rodríguez   +6 more
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