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12 summaries 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
Relative sensitivities of mammalian carnivores to habitat fragmentation
PaperThis study examined how a guild of mammalian carnivores responds to habitat fragmentation in southern California, finding that species differ markedly in their sensitivity to isolation and patch size,…
Crooks, K.R. · Conservation Biology · 2002
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: fire ecology research methods applied to felid landscapes
OverviewStudying how fire affects cats requires methods to map burns, track animal responses, and disentangle fire from other drivers. This overview surveys the toolkit, satellite burn-severity mapping, GPS t…
Research overview: fire-regime shifts and long-term habitat transformation
OverviewClimate change can alter fire regimes, frequency, intensity, seasonality, and extent, pushing ecosystems toward new states that differ from historical conditions. This overview surveys how shifting fi…
Research overview: post-fire vegetation recovery and prey for cats
OverviewAfter fire, vegetation regrows through successional stages that determine when and how prey and predators return. This overview surveys how post-fire recovery shapes habitat quality for cats, the flus…
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…