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38 summaries matching “puma” in Urban Wildcat Ecology
Research overview: vehicle collisions as a leading mortality source for urban pumas
OverviewFor pumas living in and around Los Angeles, collisions with vehicles on freeways and surface roads are among the most frequent documented causes of death. This overview synthesises telemetry-based mor…
Research overview: viral disease dynamics in urban-edge wild felids
OverviewWild felids living near cities are exposed to pathogens including feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus and others, sometimes shared with domestic cats, raising conservation and One Hea…
Research overview: water resources and riparian corridors for urban felids
OverviewWater sources and riparian corridors are disproportionately important to felids in human-dominated landscapes, providing drinking water, prey, cover and movement routes through otherwise hostile devel…
Research overview: wildlife crossings and connectivity planning for felids
OverviewWildlife crossings, from large vegetated overpasses to underpasses and culverts, are a primary engineering response to the roads that fragment felid populations near cities. This overview synthesises…
Scale-dependent behavioral responses to human development by pumas
PaperThis study used fine-scale GPS and accelerometer data from pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains to show that cougars respond to human development at multiple spatial scales, avoiding developed areas in w…
Wilmers CC, Wang Y, Nickel B, Houghtaling P, Shakeri Y, Allen ML, Kermish-Wells J, Yovovich V, Williams T · PLoS ONE · 2013
Survival and mortality of pumas in a fragmented, urbanizing landscape
PaperDrawing on years of telemetry across southern California, this study quantified survival rates and causes of death for pumas living in landscapes increasingly fragmented by roads and development. Vehi…
Vickers TW, Sanchez JN, Johnson CK, Morrison SA, Botta R, Smith T, Cohen BS, Huber PR, Ernest HB, Boyce WM · PLoS ONE · 2015
The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality
PaperThis landmark global meta-analysis showed that mammals across the world, including many carnivores, increase their nocturnal activity in response to human disturbance, becoming more active at night ev…
Gaynor KM, Hojnowski CE, Carter NH, Brashares JS · Science · 2018
Top carnivores increase kill rates in response to human-induced fear
PaperStudying pumas around human development in California, this research found that cougars exposed to greater human presence killed more prey, apparently to compensate for abandoning kills and spending l…
Smith JA, Wang Y, Wilmers CC · Proceedings of the Royal Society B · 2015