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8 summaries matching “bobcat” in Climate & Habitat Change on bobcat
Evidence for large-scale niche displacement between Canada lynx and bobcat
PaperThis study tested whether competition between Canada lynx and bobcat structures their distributions at a continental scale, with implications for how warming snowpack reshuffles the two species. Lynx…
Peers, M.J.L., Thornton, D.H., Murray, D.L. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B · 2013
Research overview: bobcat genetics and disease in fragmented urban landscapes
OverviewBobcats living in fragmented urban edges, such as those around Los Angeles, illustrate how roads and development structure carnivore populations even for adaptable mesopredators. This overview surveys…
Research overview: bobcat northward range expansion under milder winters
OverviewBobcats are a generalist felid whose northern range limit appears constrained by deep snow and severe winters, conditions that warming is relaxing. This overview surveys evidence and projections for b…
Research overview: bobcat responses to chaparral fire and urban edges
OverviewBobcats in fire-prone chaparral and shrubland of the western United States face landscapes shaped by both wildfire and urban development. This overview surveys how bobcats respond to fire through move…
Research overview: fire at the wildland-urban interface and cat populations
OverviewThe wildland-urban interface, where development meets wildland vegetation, is expanding and is the zone where climate-driven fire most directly intersects with cat populations like urban-edge pumas an…
Research overview: road ecology and barrier effects on felid movement
OverviewRoads affect cats through direct mortality and through the barrier effect that fragments populations, a central theme in carnivore conservation. This overview surveys research quantifying how highways…
Research overview: snowpack as the competitive boundary between lynx and bobcat
OverviewA central theme in northern felid climate research is that the dividing line between Canada lynx and bobcat tracks snow conditions. This overview surveys the morphological and ecological basis for tha…
Research overview: surveying lynx-bobcat range dynamics with occupancy models
OverviewDetecting whether bobcats are advancing into lynx range requires repeated, detection-corrected surveys across the contact zone. This overview surveys the field and analytical methods, snow-track surve…