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1 July 2004 SPACE-USE PATTERNS OF BOBCATS RELATIVE TO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF NORTHERN BOBWHITES
IVY A. GODBOIS, L. MIKE CONNER, ROBERT J. WARREN
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Abstract

In the southeastern United States, supplemental feeding of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) is a common management practice. To determine whether bobcats (Lynx rufus) are attracted to supplemental food provided to northern bobwhites and whether this food affects bobcat home-range size, we radiomarked bobcats and assessed space use relative to supplemental feeding. We found little evidence to suggest that bobcat home-range sizes were affected by the supplemental food, but we observed bobcats to be approximately 10 times closer to supplemental food than expected under a null model. Our data suggest that supplemental feeding of prey can result in a spatial response by predators. Further research is needed to determine whether supplemental feeding of prey attracts other top predators and whether supplemental feeding results in decreased prey survival by attracting predators.

IVY A. GODBOIS, L. MIKE CONNER, and ROBERT J. WARREN "SPACE-USE PATTERNS OF BOBCATS RELATIVE TO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF NORTHERN BOBWHITES," Journal of Wildlife Management 68(3), 514-518, (1 July 2004). https://doi.org/10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0514:SPOBRT]2.0.CO;2
Received: 29 April 2003; Accepted: 23 March 2004; Published: 1 July 2004
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KEYWORDS
bobcat
Colinus virginianus
feeding wildlife
Georgia
home range
Lynx rufus
northern bobwhite
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