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Lawhead, D.N.
Bobcat_ Lynx rufus_ home range density and habitat preference in south central Arizona USA
1984 Southwestern Naturalist (29(1)): 105-114
Home range size, density, and habitat preference was estimated for a bobcat population on a portion of the Three Bar Wildlife Area, Arizona. Five adult females and 2 adult males were radio-located 394 times between Sept. 1976 and Jan. 1978. Female and male home ranges averaged 4.8 and 9.1 km2, respectively. Home range size varied little within each sex. Female bobcat home ranges tended to be relatively exclusive with respect to other females. The arrangement of male home ranges was less exclusive, and male and female home ranges overlapped extensively. Estimated minimum density of adult resident bobcats was 1 bobcat/3.9 km2. Bobcats preferred riparian habitat.
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