Residential development alters behavior, movement, and energetics in an apex predator, the puma.

Human development strongly influences large carnivore survival and persistence globally. Behavior changes are often the first measureable responses to human disturbances, and can have ramifications on animal populations and ecological communities. We investigated how a large carnivore responds to an...

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Main Authors: Yiwei Wang, Justine A Smith, Christopher C Wilmers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636101?pdf=render