142 Index
Eastern Cougar Network, 107
eastern hop- horn- beam (Ostrya virginiana), 18
effective population size, 110
elk (Cervus elaphus), 1 , 4 , 27 , 129 ; in Black Hills,
21 , 96 – 97 ; and chronic wasting disease, 68 – 69 ,
92 – 93 , 97 – 98 ; as mountain lion prey, 19 , 97 – 98 ,
120 , 129 , 136 ; survival rate of, 129 – 30
Elk Mountain, 6 , 21
Fecske Wells, Dorothy, 8 , 12 , 23 – 24 , 31 , 46 , 64 ,
103 , 121
feline calicivirus, 72 , 73
feline herpes virus, 72 , 74
feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), 73
feline leukemia, 73 – 74
fire, 27 , 46 , 69
Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi), 73 , 75 ,
76 , 116
Frink, Teresa Zimmerman, 69
ge ne tics: diversity in, 103 – 13 , 136 ; and estimation
of population size, 113 – 17
Gigliotti, Larry, 121 , 125 , 126 , 127
Gillette Prairie, 27
goldenrod (Solidago s p p.), 19
GPS technology, 94 – 95
Grand Canyon National Park, 74
gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis), 92
gray wolf (Canis lupus), 21 , 79
green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), 18
Griffin, Steve, 40
Grinnell, George, 19
grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), 21 – 22
ground juniper (Juniperus horizontalis), 18
habitat: of deer, 62 , 92 ; of mountain lions, 23 – 25 ,
49
Hallock, C., 5
Harney (Black Elk) Peak, 17 , 21
Harney Range, 16
harvesting: impact of, 63 – 64 , 110 , 111 , 125 , 136 ;
increasing the limit on, 127 – 28 , 129 ; initiation
of, 11 – 12 , 90 , 103 ; opposition to, 11 – 12 , 130
Hoberg, E. P., 76
hogback range, 16
home range, 60 – 62
human- mountain lion interactions, 11 , 70 , 127 ,
136 – 37
hunting techniques (by mountain lions), 83 , 92
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee,
41
Irwin, L. L., 25
Jansen, Brian, 41 , 62
Jasper fire, 27 , 46 , 47
Jenks, J. A., 64
Jewel Cave National Monument, 27 , 129
Judith Mountains, 57 – 58Kirchenmann, T., 96
kittens, 36 , 55 ; litter size of, 55 – 56 , 135 ; survival
of, 52 , 135Laramie Mountains, 7
Leslie, David M., Jr., 79
Lindzey, Fred, 46 , 103 , 106 , 108 , 113
livestock, 9
Logan, Ken, 25 , 40Mange (Notoedres cati), 76
Manitoba Ministry of Natu ral Resources, 108
martens (Martes americana), 19
Maser, C., 76
McDonald, D. B., 103 , 106 , 108 , 113
McDonald, L. L., 7
minks (Neovison vison), 88 , 92
Missouri River, 5 , 17
mor t a lit y, 50 , 88 , 136 ; causes of, 46 , 48 , 52 ,
128 – 29 ; disease- related, 68 , 69 , 73 , 74 ; and
harvests, 113 – 15 , 136 ; kitten, 53 , 55 , 86 ; and
population compensation, 63 – 64 ; of prey
species, 90 , 91 , 93 ; road, 12 , 52 , 63 , 125 – 26
mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), 19 , 21 ,
49 , 136
mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), 62
Mountain Lion Foundation of California, 11 , 73 ,
103
mountain lions
— characteristics and be hav ior, 31 – 42 ; adaptability,
4 ; birth timing, 53 , 54 , 55 ; body mea sure ments,
33 , 35 ; body weight, 53 , 80 , 81 , 82 – 83 , 86 ; com-
parison to bobcats, 35 – 36 ; daily rates of travel,
59 – 60 ; fat levels, 83 – 86 ; fur, 33 ; habitat, 23 – 25 ,
49 ; hunting techniques, 83 , 92 ; kittens, 36 , 52 ,
55 – 56 , 135 ; litter size, 55 – 56 , 135 ; morphologi-
cal characteristics, 34 ; paws and tracks, 4 , 36 , 37 ;
reproductive tracts, 56 ; secretive nature, 46 , 102 ,
115 ; sexual dimorphism, 33 ; solitary nature, 36 ;
territorial disputes, 52 , 53 , 75 – 76
— diet and prey, 79 – 99 ; bighorn sheep, 13 , 19 , 97 ,
136 ; changes and adaptation in, 90 , 92 , 136 ;
diet diversity, 19 , 49 , 88 , 89 , 95 – 99 ; diseased
prey, 92 – 93 ; domestic pets, 71 – 72 , 76 , 88 ,
89 – 90 ; elk, 19 , 97 – 98 , 120 , 129 , 136 ; livestock,
19 ; mule deer, 19 , 90 , 92 , 95 , 136 ; and popula-
tion saturation, 93 – 94 ; porcupines, 7 , 19 , 46 ,