Feeding ecology of reintroduced bobcats on Cumberland Island, Georgia
Baker LA. Feeding ecology of reintroduced bobcats on Cumberland Island, Georgia
A study to examine the relationship of bobcat prey and habitat use to prey abundance on Cumberland Island, and to determine how bobcat predation affected prey species. Includes introduction to Cumberland Island and the reintroduced bobcat population; literature review; bobcat prey digestibility and representation in scats ; seasonal densities of small mammals on the island with an evaluation of the trap-web technique; relationship of prey and habitat use by reintroduced bobcats on Cumberland Island; and summary and management recommendations.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Baker, Leslie
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bobcat (Felis rufus), Habitat Utilization, Impacts, Predation