Environmental_Issues

Environmental Issues Pike, J.R., J.H. Shaw, D.M. Leslie Jr., M.G. Shaw and J.E. Smith. 1999. A geographic analysis of the status of mountain lions in Oklahoma. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:4-11. Abstract: Wildlife managers in the state of Oklahoma manage many species of animals in their state parks and nature preserves. They need current up to date information in order to make educated decisions regarding the parks. The managers have been very interested in learning the population status of mountain lions (Puma concolor) in their area. Due to the fact that few studies have been conducted on the mountain lion’s eastern and central range, accurate figures were not available. We tested the following null hypotheses that the mountain lion population was not dependent upon the harvest trends of white tail deer (Odocoileus virginanus), size of human population, ecoregions, generalized topography, or locations of exotic game ranchers. In order to find out the current mountain lion population, surveys were mailed statewide to all natural resource mountain, population, lions, deer, lion, human, white, tail, state, oklahoma, managers, data, wildlife, study, status, sightings, shaw, populations, parks, order, jr, information, increase, hunting, harvests, geographic, ecoregions, due, current, been, animals, wish, virginanus, very, upon, two, trends, topography, topographic, , tested, system, surveys, studies, steep, statewide, species, society, smith, slopes