Quantifying animal movement for caching foragers: the path identification index (PII) and cougars, Puma concolor

Table 3 Comparison of PII classification of non-feeding (directed or searching) and feeding/cache sites with field verifications of those activities for five of six cougars described in Table 1

Movements classified as non-feeding were considered correct if site investigations found no prey remains or signs of scavenging, and were considered incorrect if any of those evidences were present. Cache site classifications were considered correct if prey remains were found or evidence that the prey item had been scavenged, and as incorrect if no prey remains were found

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