PWD BK W7000-893 Proceedings.CDR - Mountain Lion Foundation

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................................................................1
RESEARCH AND STATUS REPORTS ............................................................................................................7
STATUS REPORT ON MOUNTAIN LIONS IN ARIZONA .................................................................................8
STATUS REPORT ON MOUNTAIN LIONS IN NEBRASKA ............................................................................11
STATUS OF THE MOUNTAIN LION IN NEW MEXICO, 1971-2000.........................................................14
STATUS REPORT OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA..................................................................22
CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNTAIN LION MORTALITIES IN THE
BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA ..........................................................................................................................25
WYOMING MOUNTAIN LION STATUS REPORT 2001................................................................................30
FIELD EVIDENCE OF COUGARS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA...........................................................34
MANAGING THE CAPTIVE MOUNTAIN LION POPULATION IN NORTH AMERICAN ZOOS.........40
A SPATIAL EVALUATION OF COUGAR-HUMAN ENCOUNTERS IN U.S. NATIONAL PARKS:
THE CASES OF GLACIER AND BIG BEND NATIONAL PARKS...................................................................43
ABSTRACTS ............................................................................................................................................................51
REPRODUCTION AND DISPERSAL OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...........................52
ESTIMATING SEX REPORTING BIAS IN MOUNTAIN LIONS USING DNA ANALYSES ........................52
USING GPS COLLARS TO ESTIMATE MOUNTAIN LION PREDATION RATES AND
SELECTION OF LARGE PREY ................................................................................................................................53
VIRAL DISEASES AND COUGAR DEMOGRAPHY..........................................................................................53
A TEST OF OPTIMAL FORAGING: MOUNTAIN LIONS AND MULE DEER ...........................................54
MOUNTAIN LION FOOD HABITS IN SIERRA SAN PEDRO MÁRTIR,
BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO................................................................................................................................54
AN EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY AND EFFICACY OF COUGAR
POPULATION ESTIMATORS..................................................................................................................................55
MOUNTAIN LION-HUMAN INTERACTIONS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK .....................................55
A SURVEY OF RECENT ACCOUNTS OF THE MOUNTAIN LION IN ARKANSAS.................................56
INVESTIGATING COUGAR ATTACKS ON HUMANS: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA APPROACH........56
A PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STUDY OF PUMAS (PUMA CONCOLOR) USING
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA MARKERS AND MICROSATELLITES ....................................................................57
TWO SIMPLE METHODS OF HANDLING RADIO-LOCATION ERROR FOR
WIDE-RANGING ANIMALS IN LARGE COMPLEX STUDY AREAS.............................................................57
CHANGING DYNAMICS OF PUMA ATTACKS ON HUMANS.....................................................................58
LIONS AND TIGERS AND COWS: JAGUAR DENSITIES IN SONORAN CATTLE COUNTRY.............58