Mountain Lion Habitats in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming
Logan KA and Irwin LL. 1985. Mountain Lion Habitats in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 13(3):257-262
Food habits of mountain lions (Felis concolor) have been quantified (Hornrocker 1970, Spalding and Lesowski 1971, Shaw 1977, Toweill and Meslow 1977, Ackerman et al. 1984), but relatively little is known about lion use of vegetation and topography. Seidensticker et al. (1973) and Hemker (1982) described habitat at scratch sites, and Berg et al. (1983) calculated density of lion sightings for 16 Kulchler (1964) potential vegetation types in Wyoming. This paper quantifies lion habitat use patterns by testing the hypothesis that lions use vegetation and terrain features in proportion to availability. (Abstract by Logan and Irwin as printed in Wildlife Society Bulletin).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Logan, Kenneth; Irwin, Larry
- Units
- BICA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Habitat, Inventory and Monitoring (I&M), Mammalia (Mammals)