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Mountain Lion Puma concolor

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MSP Table of Occurrences (MOM)

MSP Table of Occurrences (MOM)

Projects

Artesian Creek Restoration
Connectivity Strategic Plan for Western San Diego County Science Session
Mountain Lion Connectivity and Genetics Study- North San Diego County
Mountain Lion Critical Linkage Evaluation in MSPA
Mountain Lion Road Crossing and Deterrent Methods Evaluations
MSCP Wildlife Corridor Monitoring
San Diego Tracking Team Transect data verification
SR 94 Wildlife Infrastructure Plan
SR-67 Multi-species Connectivity Planning

Other resources

Reports library

https://www.camountainlions.com/
Description: Web Mini-Series on Mountain Lions in California

Files and Documents

2013 1.06. University of California Davis (UC Davis) Southern California Mountain Lion Project: Studying how humans, other wildlife, and disease affect conservation of this species in an urbanizing landscape

Author(s):Vickers, Winston

2017 A single migrant enhances the genetic diversity of an inbred population

Author(s):Boyce, Walter; Ernest, Holly; Gustafson, Kyle; Vickers, Winston

2019 An update on the latest findings from mountain lion research in San Diego County, the region, and the state

Author(s):Vickers, Winston

2017 Appendices C-F. Comprehensive Multi-species Connectivity Assessment and Planning for the Highway 67 Region of San Diego County, California

Author(s):Jennings, Megan; Zeller, Katherine

2018 Appendix A - Assessment of Wildlife Crossing Sites for the Interstate 15 and Highway 101 Freeways in Southern California

2017 Appendix B - Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Connectivity in the North San Diego County Multi-Species Conservation Plan Area, and Assessment of Mountain Lion Habitat Use and Connectivity in Northern San Diego and Southern Riverside and Orange Counties

Appendix C - Final UCD report

2018 Appendix G - Wildlife Crossings Design for I-15

2020 Appendix H

2017 Comprehensive Multi-species Connectivity Assessment and Planning for the Highway 67 Region of San Diego County, California

Author(s):Jennings, Megan; Zeller, Katherine

2014 Connectivity Strategic Plan for Western San Diego County Science Session - July 1, 2014 Connectivity Project Summaries

Author(s):Bohonak, Andrew; Boydston, Erin; Brehme, Cheryl; Brown, Chris; Clark, Denise; Fisher, Robert N.; Hung, Keng-Lou James; Jennings, Megan; Lewison, Rebecca; Lyren, Lisa; Mitelberg, Anna; Rochester, Carlton; Simovich, M; Tracey, Jeff; Vickers, Winston

2007 County of San Diego MSCP Monitoring Summary Report January 1998 - June 2007

Author(s):County of San Diego

2010 Effects of large-scale wildfire on carnivores in San Diego County, California

Author(s):Turschak, Greta; Rochester, Carlton; Hathaway, Stacie; Stokes, Drew; Haas, Chris; Fisher, Robert N.

2017 Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Connectivity in the North San Diego County Multi-species Conservation Plan Area

Author(s):Vickers, Winston; Zeller, Katherine; Ernest, Holly; Gustafson, Kyle; Boyce, Walter

2014 Mountain Lion Connectivity in San Diego County

Author(s):Vickers, Winston; Boyce, Walter; Krucki, Donna; Taylor, Preston; Martin, Barry; Davis, Kimberly; Ryan, Thomas; Wallace, Cody

2014 Mountain Lion Connectivity Study Final Report

Author(s):Vickers, Winston

2017 Multi-level, multi-scale resource selection functions and resistance surfaces for conservation planning, Pumas as a case study.pdf

Author(s):Zeller, Katherine; Vickers, Winston; Ernest, Holly; Boyce, Walter

2021 Recording - January 2021 Management and Monitoring Coordination Meeting

Author(s):Vickers, Winston

2019 Relationship between habitat and genetics in a wide-ranging large carnivore

Author(s):Dellinger, Justin

2020 Santa Ana Mountains to eastern Peninsular Range Conservation Connectivity Infrastructure Planning Project for Interstate 15 and Closely Associated Roadways

Author(s):Vickers, Winston; Drayer, Karen; Smith, Trish; Cohen, Brian

2015 Survival and Mortality of Pumas (Puma concolor) in a Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscape

Author(s):Vickers, Winston; Sanchez, Jessica; Johnson, Christine; Morrison, Scott; Botta, Randy; Smith, Trish; Cohen, Brian; Huber, Patrick; Ernest, Holly; Boyce, Walter

2021 Update on the UC Davis Southern California Mountain Lion Project, as well as Results of Recent Research Elsewhere in the State

Author(s):Vickers, Winston