INFLUENCE OF VEGETATION, TOPOGRAPHY, AND ROADS ON COUGAR MOVEMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

By Brett G. Dickson, J. Jenness, Paul Beier. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology

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Cougar space use and movements in the wildland–urban landscape of western Washington (2011, background): “…populations and stalking, resting, and security cover for the capture and consumption of prey and rearing of young are considered prerequisites for use (Seidensticker et al. 1973, Logan and Irwin 1985, Koehler and Hornocker 1991, Williams et al. 1995, Dickson and Beier 2002, Dickson et al. 2005).”
Habitat Use by Sympatric Jaguars and Pumas Across a Gradient of Human Disturbance in Belize (2010, background): “(2) Pumas have a low tolerance of human disturbance: Studies of pumas demonstrate temporal and/or spatial avoidance of human activity (van Dyke et al. 1986, Janis & Clark 2002, Dickson et al. 2005, Sweanor et al. 2008).”
Lessons from integrating behaviour and resource selection: activity‐specific responses of African wild dogs to roads (2016, background): “While riparian habitat was the most densely vegetated, the riverbanks and ground cover immediately abutting riparian areas were more open and may have served as movement corridors, a pattern that has been demonstrated for other large carnivore species (Hilty & Merenlender, 2004; Dickson et al., 2005”
Roads and wildlife: impacts, mitigation and implications for wildlife management in Australia (2010, background): “Mammalian carnivores crossed low–medium-volume two-lane roads but showed some avoidance of high-volume two- and three-lane roads (Alexander et al. 2005; Dickson et al. 2005).”
Quantifying the influence of topographic position on cougar (Puma concolor) movement in southern California, USA (2006, methodology): “Second, hunting or traveling cougars probably minimize energetic expense by using canyon bottoms and gentle slopes (Dickson et al., 2005).”
A range-wide model of landscape connectivity and conservation for the jaguar, Panthera onca (2010, background): “cover, and elevation are closely related to movement behavior in many large mammal species (Carroll et al., 2003; Naves et al., 2003; Dickson et al., 2005), whereas distance from roads, distance from settlements, and human population density are considered to be correlated with human persecution of ”
Differential impact of landscape transformation on pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (2011, result): “However, our results showed that pumas had a higher association with rivers than jaguars which may be related to the selection of riparian vegetation by pumas for movement and migration, as observed by Dickson et al. (2005) in southern California (USA).”
Demographic effects of road mortality in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta) (2007, unknown): “Studies from the emerging field of road ecology have shown that many species of mammals (Dyer et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2005; Riley et al., 2006), reptiles (Klingenbock et al., 2000; Koenig et al., 2001; Andrews and Gibbons, 2005; Richardson et al., 2006), and invertebrates (Bhattacharya et…”
Modelling potential dispersal corridors for cougars in midwestern North America using least-cost path methods (2008, background): “…1988; Pierce and Bleich, 2003), we assumed that a cougar could move relatively short distances without appropriate cover, as studies have found that cougars can travel over unsuitable terrain (Beier, 1995; Logan and Sweanor, 2001; Anderson et al., 2004; Dickson et al., 2005; Kautz et al., 2006).”
Corridors for Conservation: Integrating Pattern and Process (2006, background): “CRW: correlated random walk have straighter movements and moved faster through urbanized areas (Dickson et al. 2005).”
Movement patterns, habitat selection, and corridor use of a typical woodland-dweller species, the European pine marten (Martes martes), in fragmented landscape (2008, methodology): “Finally, as recommended by Pace (2001) and applied by several authors (Dickson et al. 2005; Vokoun and Rabeni 2006), we applied a correction on data to further increase precision, taking a moving window of three locations and obtaining a new position for each window based on averaging.”
Landscapes of Coexistence for terrestrial carnivores: the ecological consequences of being downgraded from ultimate to penultimate predator by humans (2015, background): “Likewise cougars travel faster when moving through areas of intense human activity in California (Dickson et al. 2005).”