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9 summaries matching “cougar” in Urban Wildcat Ecology
Determining minimum habitat areas and corridors for cougars
PaperThis early conservation-planning study modelled how much habitat and what corridor configuration cougars need to persist in fragmenting southern California landscapes. By analysing demography and move…
Beier P · Conservation Biology · 1993
Dispersal of juvenile cougars in fragmented habitat
PaperThis radio-telemetry study tracked young cougars dispersing through the developing landscape of southern California, documenting the routes they used, the barriers they faced and the mortality they su…
Beier P · Journal of Wildlife Management · 1995
Fractured genetic connectivity threatens a southern California puma population
PaperUsing genetic samples from pumas across southern California, this study revealed that freeways and urban development had carved the regional population into fragments with reduced gene flow and signs…
Ernest HB, Vickers TW, Morrison SA, Buchalski MR, Boyce WM · PLoS ONE · 2014
Research overview: behavioural responses of pumas to human development around cities
OverviewPumas living near urban areas adjust where, when and how they move, feed and rest in response to human presence and the built environment. This overview synthesises telemetry and GPS-cluster research,…
Research overview: dispersal and habitat corridors for cougars in fragmented landscapes
OverviewJuvenile cougar dispersal, the long-distance movements by which young animals find new territories and exchange genes, is sharply constrained in landscapes fragmented by roads and development around s…
Research overview: land-use planning for carnivore coexistence
OverviewDecisions about where and how cities expand profoundly shape whether large and small carnivores can persist alongside people. This overview synthesises research and practice on integrating carnivore n…
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
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