Toward a Panther-centered View of the Forests of South Florida

dc.contributor.authorKerkhoff, Andrew J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Bruce T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMaehr, David S.en_US
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen_US
dc.coverage.regionNorth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T15:02:03Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T15:02:03Z
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-02en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-02en_US
dc.description.abstract"Anthropogenic habitat degradation and loss is the single largest threat to the endangered Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi. Conservation of the subspecies must be undertaken on the scale of the entire landscape. Thus, a view of the forested landscape of South Florida must be developed that is meaningful with reference to the panther. We approach this problem by analyzing the spatial interactions of panthers and forests at multiple scales. We apply tools derived from fractal geometry to the analysis of 12 years of telemetry observations of panthers and remotely sensed forest cover imagery. A fractal characterization extends conventional scale-dependent measures of forest density and relates intuitively to panther ecology. To move toward a panther-centered view of the forests of South Florida, we adopt a scale-dependent notion of association and compare the density of forest cover associated with panther locations to that of the forest at large. Panthers interact with forest cover over a wide range of scales, consistently selecting denser than average forest areas. We discuss landscape-scale management of the panther in light of our findings and propose a protocol for mapping forest cover with reference to the panther at multiple scales as a mangement tool for habitat assessment."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthFebuaryen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber1en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3514
dc.subjectpanthersen_US
dc.subjectanthropologyen_US
dc.subjectmappingen_US
dc.subjectlandscape changeen_US
dc.subject.sectorWildlifeen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.titleToward a Panther-centered View of the Forests of South Floridaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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