This is a scholarly monograph that presents the results of a 10-year field study of the ecology of the desert puma in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico. With the increasing recognition of the importance of top carnivores to the health and functioning of ecosystems. This book presents findings from one of the most comprehensive long-term studies of a top carnivore ever conducted.
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If you love Pumas this is the book for you, it is very complete in all aspects of life of the wonderful Cats.
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Carnivores stir within us a primitive curiosity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puma density, puma population, adult female pumas, adult male pumas, adult pumas, puma predation, individual pumas, puma densities, puma habitat, deer survival rates, other pumas, dispersing pumas, puma home ranges, percent minimum convex polygon, puma conservation, puma numbers, annual home range size, puma deaths, puma management, studying pumas, tagged progeny, puma mothers, deer population size, fourteen pumas, male home range size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Andres Mountains, Treatment Area, New Mexico, North America, South America, British Columbia, Organ Mountains, White Sands Missile Range, Oscura Mountains, Southern California, Tularosa Basin, United States, Ana Mountains, East Mercator, Northern Yellowstone Ecosystem, Sacramento Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Western Hemisphere, Refuge Zone, Rio Grande, San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, Caballo Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Confidence Limits, Control Zone New!
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Carnivores stir within us a primitive curiosity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puma density, puma population, adult female pumas, adult male pumas, adult pumas, puma predation, individual pumas, puma densities, puma habitat, deer survival rates, other pumas, dispersing pumas, puma home ranges, percent minimum convex polygon, puma conservation, puma numbers, annual home range size, puma deaths, puma management, studying pumas, tagged progeny, puma mothers, deer population size, fourteen pumas, male home range size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Andres Mountains, Treatment Area, New Mexico, North America, South America, British Columbia, Organ Mountains, White Sands Missile Range, Oscura Mountains, Southern California, Tularosa Basin, United States, Ana Mountains, East Mercator, Northern Yellowstone Ecosystem, Sacramento Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Western Hemisphere, Refuge Zone, Rio Grande, San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, Caballo Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Confidence Limits, Control Zone New!
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- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project on 6 pages
- New Mexico (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Evolution by Robert Trivers in Back Matter
- Wild Sheep by John Muir in Back Matter
- The Mountain Lion (Life Cycles (Raintree Paperback)) by Sabrina Crewe in Back Matter
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- People and Predators: From Conflict To Coexistence by Nina Fascione on page 194, and page 237
- Southern Rockies Wildlands Network Vision: A Science-Based Approach to Rewilding the Southern Rockies by Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project in Back Matter
- The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature by David Baron in Back Matter
- The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America by David Baron in Back Matter
- Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation (Conservation Biology) by Kjell Danell on page 444
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