Mountain Lions of the Black Hills

8 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills observed an overall increase in reported sightings from 1995 to 1999, but those sight- ings ...

Introduction 9 heterozygosity (Hobs ) (0.49) than four other geo graph i cally distinct mountain lion populations (Hobs 0.51–0.5 ...

figure 1.8. A deer is killed (top) and cached (bottom) by a mountain lion in the Black Hills. Photos by Rebeca Juarez. ...

Introduction 11 plan (SDGFP 1998a), and cooperative research efforts were initiated with SDSU to learn more about the species in ...

12 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills available on the species at that time and, second, that because of the isolated nature of t ...

Introduction 13 greeted with fascination), to a period of hatred focused on mountain lions because the number of large prey (dee ...

14 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills Fecske, D. M. 2003. Distribution and abundance of American martens and cougars in the Black ...

15 The Black Hills are located about 640 km (about 400 miles) due west of Brookings and SDSU (fig. 2.1). Because many of my init ...

16 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills to the Black Hills region (Progulske 1974). This later treaty also created a safe travel zo ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 17 the highest point, at Harney Peak (now Black Elk Peak), reaches 2,207 m (7,240 ft.) and towers 1, ...

18 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills The deciduous complex characterizing the Black Hills is dominated by a mixture of streamsid ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 19 asperifolia). Common forbs include bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia) (a favorite forage of elk), ...

figure 2.5. Migrational patterns of white- tailed deer in the Black Hills. Adapted from DePerno et al. 2002. ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 21 4:1–5:1 in this area (Turner 1974). Furthermore, white- tailed deer are migratory, with regions d ...

22 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills bear (Ursus arctos) (fig. 2.7). Interactions between predators have been documented within ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 23 road density than do nearby national forests in Wyoming and Colorado (Baker and Knight 2000). Fec ...

24 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills abundant; those features provide stalking and concealment cover for the species, in- creasi ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 25 cover for prey also provides stalking cover for mountain lions (Logan and Sweanor 2000). For exam ...

figure  2.10. Typical thick vegetation that occurs in the Black Hills. Photo by D. M. Fecske. ...

Ecol ogy of the Black Hills 27 region is warmer, receives about 25 cm less in precipitation, and generally has more sunny days. ...