Florida panther recovery plan implementation annual performance report 1991
Maehr DS. 1991. Florida panther recovery plan implementation annual performance report 1991. Florida
This reports marks completion of the first year of this 2-year study. Panther occurrence in south Florida may be a product of landscape island size as defined by highways, large property ownerships with restricted access, and a predominance of wetlands that cannot be developed. Cypress swamps surrounded by open marshes and prairies may explain the impermanence of panthers in BCNP. Hardwood hammocks and mixed swamps are best correlated with increasing banther use. Continuing analyses will focus on the distribution of private lands containing core panther habitat and ranking in order of priority for acquisition and conservation needs. The section by section analysis should be made available to local, regional, state and federal planners and regulators in order to help mitigate further reductions in panther habitat quality.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Maehr, David
- Date of Issue
- 1991
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Habitat, panther home range, panther occurrence, Population assessment, telemetry data