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Study of mountain lion energetics shows the power of the pounce
High-tech collars enabled scientists to track mountain lions in the wild and determine how much energy the big cats use to hunt their prey.
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Cougar's 9-hour detour in downtown Mountain View
The San Francisco Chronicle talked to environmental studies professor Chris Wilmers for an article that recounted the travels of the mountain lion known as 46M in downtown Mountain View.
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GPS collar documents puma’s travels from mountains to Mountain View
Forty-six m (46m) is a young puma on the move. A GPS tracking collar that UC Santa Cruz scientists placed around his neck reveals his journey into suburban Silicon Valley.
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Tracking collar showed Mountain View puma was looking for his own space
The San Jose Mercury News talked with environmental studies associate professor Chris Wilmers in the aftermath of a young mountain lion's visit to downtown Mountain View. Local television stations KPIX, KTVU, and NBCBay Area did follow-up reports with Wilmers on camera explaining how the puma's tracking collar showed his movements leading up to his capture.
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Event Santa Cruz features talks by UCSC professors and alumni
Three UC Santa Cruz social science professors and three alumni who have started businesses in Santa Cruz are featured speakers at the next Event Santa Cruz set for 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, at the Nickelodeon Theatres.
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Decline of large carnivores creates dire environmental ripple effect
UC Santa Cruz environmental researchers contributed to an analysis of 31 carnivore species that shows for the first time how habitat loss, persecution by humans, and loss of prey combine to create global hotspots of carnivore decline.
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Scientist Chris Wilmers seeks to help cougars survive
The San Francisco Chronicle published a page-one feature profile on environmental studies professor Chris Wilmers and his research on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Wolves help preserve berries for imperiled Yellowstone bears -study
Reuters quoted Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, as an outside expert in an article on wolves in Yellowstone.
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Local lions
The California Academy of Sciences has produced and is showing a video on the mountain lion research associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers is conducting. Santa Cruz Style magazine also published an article on Wilmers and his work with pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Declining fortunes of Yellowstone’s migratory elk
Chris Wilmers, associate professor of environmental studies, and Taal Levi, who received his Ph.D from UCSC, contributed a piece to a forum discussion of a study of migratory elk in the Yellowstone region. The study and forum were published in Ecological Society of America's journal Ecology.
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Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention
The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.
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Mountain lions mark their territory in Santa Cruz mountains
The San Francisco Chronicle published a front page article on the study of mountain lion behavior in the Santa Cruz Mountains by associate professor of environmental studies Chris Wilmers. The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Good Times also published articles on the study. The Sentinel story was republished in the San Jose Mercury News.