Mountain Lions of the Black Hills

128 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills Despite the information presented to the commission, the individuals who testi- fied and w ...

Perceptions of Mountain Lions 129 higher than that documented for other mountain lion populations under study. Even before mount ...

130 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills numbers of mountain lions reduced the risk of mortality to elk calves (White, Zager, and G ...

Perceptions of Mountain Lions 131 age of South Dakota residents (72%) who in 2002 favored a regulated mountain lion season for m ...

132 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills Gasaway, W. C., R. D. Boetje, D. V. Grandgaard, D. G. Kelley house, R. O. Stephenson, and ...

Perceptions of Mountain Lions 133 Watson, M. 2008. Rapid City man attacked by mountain lion. Spearfish (SD) Black Hills Pioneer, ...

134 As the human population on earth approaches 8 billion individuals, dispersed within just about every crevasse that can be oc ...

Epilogue 135 Once the recolonization of the Black Hills began, the lion population exhibited characteristics that have been docu ...

136 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills lions can depend on easy prey resources such as porcupines (Fecske, Jenks, and Lind- zey 2 ...

Epilogue 137 would consistently move away when I approached his pen but often would hiss and attack when I was feeding him if ou ...

138 Mountain Lions of the Black Hills on reduced populations of deer, elk, and other prey species were circumstantially linked. ...

Epilogue 139 Thompson, D. J., and J. A. Jenks. 2010. Dispersal movements of subadult cougars from the Black Hills: The notions o ...

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141 African lions (Panthera leo), 73 American elm (Ulmus americana), 18 amino acid taurine, 80 Anderson, Chuck, 8 – 9 , 46 , 103 ...

142 Index Eastern Cougar Network, 107 eastern hop- horn- beam (Ostrya virginiana), 18 effective population size, 110 elk (Cervus ...

Index 143 48 , 87 – 88 , 89 , 95 – 96 , 136 ; scavenging, 96 , 98 , 128 – 29 ; seasonal frequency of prey items, 95 ; as true ca ...

144 Index Schuler, K. L., 93 Schwartz, Michael, 103 ser viceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), 18 Sheridan Lake, 127 Sioux Nation, 1 ...