Puma concolor GPS Telemetry and Path Identification Index (2003-2013), Southwest Region, USA

Capture, GPS-collar tagging, and release of cougars was conducted in northern Arizona and southern Utah and Nevada, USA, from 2003 to 2013 by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service (Northern Arizona University IACUC Protocol # 02-082-R4), resulting in GPS-tracking and monitoring of study animal activities. This data set includes six individuals that met three criteria: 1) few missing data (≥ 85% fix success rate), 2) long periods of continuous monitoring, with a minimum of 1000 observations, and 3) established home range with no evidence of dispersal. It includes four females (C04, AS02, P26, and C07) and two males (Z04 and AS07), ranging in age from 1.5 – 4 years in age. Two females (C04 and AS02)...

Tags: Arizona, Ecology, GPS, Geography, Grand Canyon National Park, All tags... Information Sciences, Southwestern United States, USA, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Wildlife Biology, Zion National Park, animal movement, biota, cougars, environment, global positioning system, mountain lion, movement, path analysis, telemetry, Fewer tags