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| Bertrand, A.-S. | |
| Cougar signs in Eastern Canada | |
| 2006 Cat News (45): 25-26 | |
Historically, the cougar _Puma concolor_ was encountered all across the Americas from south-eastern Alaska to Patagonia and Chile. This top predator species has little specific habitat requirements. In fact, it has shown great adaptability to low-to-moderate habitat alterations (Sunquist & Sunquist 2002). It may persist in a given area as long as habitat connectivity and prey availability are maintained. However, populations in north-eastern America drastically declined at the beginning of the last century due to persecution by humans and a severe reduction of prey stocks (Parker 1998). As shown elsewhere (Beier 1993), habitat fragmentation, loss and lack of connectivity are other factors that may also severely compromised the species' ability to survive in eastern Canada. |
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