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Use of open, edge and forest areas by pumas Puma concolor in winter: are pumas foraging optimally?
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Optimal foraging theory predicts that an animal should optimize its time spent in food patches based on resource levels and, if preyed on by another species, predation risk. In large mammal predator-prey systems, previous studies have suggested that prey do consider predation risk when foraging and tend to avoid high-risk areas. In contrast, if large mammalian predators are trying to optimize their foraging, we predict that they should select these high-risk areas because such areas represent higher predation success. For pumas Puma concolor in southeastern Idaho, previous work showed that edges of forests were the most successful hunting areas for mule deer Odocoileus hemionus compared to open and forest areas. We tested the prediction that pumas should optimize their foraging strategies by selecting edge areas during periods of movement. We followed puma tracks in the snow and recorded for every 20 m whether the pumas had been in an edge, open or forest area. We used a resource selection function and composition analysis to test if pumas were preferentially selecting edge areas over open or forested areas. Based on the resource selection function, pumas were four times more likely to use edge than open areas, but used edge and forest areas equally. Results of the composition analysis indicated that pumas also used edge areas significantly more than open but similar to forest areas. As pumas were selecting edge areas and avoiding open areas to forage, these results indicated that pumas may be foraging optimally. However, the equal use of edge and forest areas did not support our predictions, and we discuss possible explanations of these results.
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“Studies by Holmes and Laundré [21] and Laundré and Loxterman [22] suggested that forest edges provide the necessary structural components for successful hunting by pumas, and Laundré and Hernández [40] concluded that use of edge areas allowed a puma to observe deer out in the open and to ambush deer as they moved between open and forest patches.”
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“Pumas are the only predators of adult deer in our study area and are ambush predators that prefer to hunt in structured habitat (Holmes and Laundré 2006).”
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- Authors
- Holmes, B. R., & Laundré, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Idaho State University (US)
- ORCID
- Laundré, John W.
- Venue
- Wildlife Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-06
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 201-209
- ISSN
- 0909-6396 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2129579073
- Cited by
- 63
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Wildlife Biology (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Earthwatch Institute
- Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
- Idaho State University
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- Puma concolor, habitat selection, habitat edges, forest habitat, open habitats, predation risk, optimal foraging theory, resource selection functions, snow tracking, mule deer, southeastern Idaho
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