ARTICLE Variation in cougar (Puma concolor) predation habits during wolf (Canis lupus) recovery in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

• Main Authors: T D Bartnick, T R Van Deelen, H B Quigley, D Craighead
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Découverte; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1049.1524; http://static1.squarespace.com/static/528f911de4b01f2a31514e96/t/52d81f27e4b078fe1a8d43ac/1389895463499/cjz-2012-0147.pdf

Abstract: We examined predation habits of cougars (Puma concolor (L., 1771)) following the recent recovery of gray wolves (Canis lupus L., 1758) in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. With the extirpation of wolves in the early 20th century, cougars likely expanded their niche space to inclu...