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Jan. 27, 2006
Biologists Track Cougars Through A Virus
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| Studying and tracking animals can lead to information about a population. But it’s not so easy to track an animal, keep tabs on it, and continue to watch it for information about such things as habitat segmentation and species connectivity. Now, researchers suggest a way to track the movement of cougars without the need for tagging or radio tracking collars. By analyzing samples taken from several hundred cougars for different strains of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), researchers have been able to roughly figure out where the large cats have been and at what time. |
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