Evaluating mountain lion diet before and after a removal of feral horses in a semiarid environment
Peter C. Iacono,
Kathryn A. Schoenecker,
Kezia R. Manlove
et al.
Abstract:Non‐native species can affect ecosystems by influencing native predator‐prey dynamics. Therefore, management interventions designed to remove non‐natives may inadvertently lead to increased predation on native species. Feral horses are widely distributed throughout the arid parts of western North America. A growing body of research indicates that horses can be an important prey species to mountain lions in ecosystems where they overlap. In December 2020, the Bureau of Land Management removed 455 horses from th… Show more
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