NDLI: Effects of hunting on cougar spatial organization

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Author	Maletzke, Benjamin T. Wielgus, Robert Koehler, Gary M. Swanson, Mark Cooley, Hilary Alldredge, J. Richard
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The effects of increased mortality on the spatial dynamics of solitary carnivores are not well understood. We examined the spatial ecology of two cougar populations that differed in hunting intensity to test whether increased mortality affected home range size and overlap. The stability hypothesis predicts that home range size and overlap will be similar for both sexes among the two areas. The instability hypothesis predicts that home range size and overlap will be greater in the heavily hunted population, although may differ for males versus females due to behavior strategies. We marked 22 adult resident cougars in the lightly hunted population and 20 in the heavily hunted population with GPS collars from 2002 to 2008. Cougar densities and predation rates were similar among areas, suggesting no difference in per capita resources. We compared home range size, two-dimensional home range overlap, and three-dimensional utilization distribution overlap index (UDOI) among annual home ranges for male and female cougars. Male cougars in the heavily hunted area had larger sized home ranges and greater two-dimensional and three-dimensional UDOI overlap than those in the lightly hunted area. Females showed no difference in size and overlap of home range areas between study populations – further suggesting that differences in prey quantity and distribution between study areas did not explain differences in male spatial organization. We reject the spatial stability hypothesis and provide evidence to support the spatial instability hypothesis. Increased hunting and ensuing increased male home range size and overlap may result in negative demographic effects for cougars and potential unintended consequences for managers.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1089
Ending Page	2185
Page Count	8
Starting Page	2178
File Format	PDF
ISSN	20457758
e-ISSN	20457758
Journal	Ecology and Evolution
Issue Number	11
Volume Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Publisher Date	2014-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

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