Index 14348 , 87 – 88 , 89 , 95 – 96 , 136 ; scavenging, 96 , 98 ,
128 – 29 ; seasonal frequency of prey items, 95 ;
as true carnivores, 79 – 80 ; white- tailed deer, 19 ,
21 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 95 , 136
— diseases, 68 – 76 ; cat scratch fever, 75 – 76 ;
cloudy- eye syndrome, 69 – 74 , 75 ; feline herpes,
72 , 74 ; feline immunodeficiency virus, 73 ; feline
leukemia, 73 – 74 ; parasites, 69 , 76 ; toxoplasma,
74 – 75
— human actions and perceptions: bounties put
on, 6 , 122 , 134 ; capturing of animals, 31 – 32 ,
34 , 35 , 38 – 39 , 38 – 41 , 42 , 46 ; harvesting, 11 – 12 ,
63 – 64 , 90 , 103 , 110 , 111 , 125 , 127 – 28 , 129 , 130 ,
136 ; human- mountain lion interactions, 11 , 70 ,
127 , 136 – 37 ; human sightings, 6 – 8 , 9 , 50 ; legal
protection and reclassification, 7 , 9 , 11 ; public
perceptions and attitudes, 4 , 13 , 119 – 31 , 137 – 38 ;
radio collaring, 7 , 11 , 12 , 31 – 32 , 44 , 48 – 49 , 54 ,
57 , 59 , 94 – 95 , 113 – 14
— population: conduits of movement for, 108 – 10 ;
density, 44 – 65 ; dispersal, 7 , 13 , 56 – 60 , 88 , 104 ,
134 ; effective population, 110 ; estimates of size,
9 , 25 , 45 – 46 , 50 , 52 , 110 , 112 , 113 – 17 ; ge ne tic
diversity, 103 – 13 ; home range, 60 – 62 ; impact
on prey populations, 127 , 129 ; killed by vehicles,
12 , 52 , 63 , 125 – 26 ; mortality, 46 , 47 , 48 , 50 ,
52 , 63 – 64 , 88 , 136 ; population compensation,
63 – 64 ; population modeling, 64 – 65 ; rate of
increase, 49 – 50 , 51 , 135 ; recolonization, 5 , 7 – 8 ,
9 , 12 , 33 , 92 , 96 , 102 , 103 – 4 , 107 , 134 – 36 , 137 ;
saturation, 52 , 60 , 63 , 80 , 83 , 86 – 87 , 93 – 94 ,
103 ; survival rates, 51 , 52 , 135
mountain mohagony (Cercocarpus montanus), 62
Mount Rushmore, 1 , 21 , 27
mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), 19 , 91 ; and
chronic wasting disease, 69 , 93 ; habitat of, 62 ,
92 ; as mountain lion prey, 19 , 90 , 92 , 95 , 136 ;
parasites in, 69 , 76
National Park Ser vice, 27 , 74
Niobrara River, 57
North Dakota Badlands, 95 , 103 – 4 , 106 – 8 , 109 ,
113 , 116
North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 103 ,
107
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation,
57
Oregon grape (Berberis repens), 18
paper birch (Betula papyrifera), 18 , 27
parasites, 69 , 76
pine marten (Martes americana), 2 , 4
plague (Yersinia pestis), 74
polygnous mating system, 110
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), 2 , 3 , 17 , 46 , 49 ,
135
population compensation, 63 – 64
population estimates, 25 ; by South Dakota Game,
Fish and Parks, 9 , 45 – 46 , 50 ; using ge ne tics for,
110 , 112 , 113 – 17
population modeling, 64 – 65
population saturation, 52 , 60 , 63 , 83 , 86 – 87 , 103 ;
and prey availability, 80 , 93 – 94
porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum), 19 ; as mountain
lion prey, 7 , 19 , 46 , 48 , 87 – 88 , 89 , 95 – 96 , 136
poverty oat grass (Danthonia spicata), 18 – 19
“predator trap,” 129
prey, 19 , 49 , 89 , 91 , 95 , 129 ; bighorn sheep as, 13 ,
19 , 97 , 136 ; caching of, 10 , 92 ; changes in, 90 ;
and diet diversity, 95 – 99 ; diseased, 92 – 93 ;
domestic pets as, 71 – 72 , 76 , 88 , 89 – 90 ; elk as,
19 , 97 – 98 , 120 , 129 , 136 ; livestock as, 19 ; mule
deer as, 19 , 90 , 92 , 95 , 136 ; and population
saturation, 93 – 94 ; porcupines as, 7 , 19 , 46 , 48 ,
87 – 88 , 89 , 95 – 96 , 136 ; seasonal frequency of,
95 ; white- tailed deer as, 19 , 21 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 95 ,
136
pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), 21 , 27
public perceptions and attitudes, 13 , 119 – 31 ,
137 – 38 ; of hunters, 123 – 24 , 125 ; initial survey
of, 121 – 24 ; later survey of, 124 – 31 ; as love- hate
mixture, 4quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), 17radio collars, 7 , 12 , 31 – 32 , 48 – 49 ; photos of, 54 ,
94 ; and population estimates, 113 – 14 , 115 – 16 ;
technology of, 44 , 57 , 59 , 94 – 95 ; and water, 11
Rapid City, SD, 9 , 15 , 21 , 127
Rausch, R. L., 76
recolonization, 5 , 12 , 33 , 134 – 35 , 137 ; character-
istics of, 135 – 36 ; and ge ne tics, 102 , 103 – 4 , 107 ;
and mountain lion diet, 92 , 96 ; starting from,
7 – 8 , 9
red- backed voles (Myodes gapperi), 19 , 92
Red Valley, 16
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 15
Roo se velt, Theodore, 4 , 5
Roseau Wildlife Management Area, 108
rough rice grass (Oryzopsis asperifolia), 18 – 19
Rough Riders, 5saturation, population. See population saturation
Scalet, Chuck, 1
scavenging, 96 , 98 , 128 – 29