Seasonal Foraging Ecology of Non-Migratory Cougars in a System with Migrating Prey

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. We recorded 411 winter prey and 239 summer prey killed by 28 female and 10 male cougars, and an additional 37...

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Main Authors: Elbroch, L. Mark, Lendrum, Patrick E., Newby, Jesse, Quigley, Howard, Craighead, Derek
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861499/