Effect of the Past Demand of Bobcat Pelts on Recent Years

A detailed Summary of Effect of the Past Demand of Bobcat Pelts on Recent Years

Abstract: Precise and unbiased estimates of survival and mortality patterns are needed to

understand population dynamics of bobcats (Lynx rufus). Bobcat pelts were at a high

demand 20 years ago. As a result, bobcat populations had to be monitored, even now, to

make sure that the decline of bobcat populations would not decrease again as it did in the

past. By using the Pop-2 computer model, we are able to predict what percentage of an

increase in harvest will effect the population and if it will crash. A 10% increase in harvest

will decrease the population at a stable rate while a 30% increase will crash the

Key words: bobcat, Lynx rufus, Pop-2 model, harvest, crash

Such as furs from other wild cats, the bobcat's fur contains beauty. As a result,

bobcat pelts have been demanded by people in the past which caused an increase in

harvest of the bobcat. The hunters searching for this creature saw this as an opportunity

to make lots of money. But since then, in recent years, bobcat pelts have decreased in

price. This caused a decrease in the hunting of the bobcats. But during those times of

high harvest, wildlife agencies had to keep up to date on their population. Even now,

0. This illustrated that the population crashed and that there were no more bobcats.

population decreased in numbers but at a stable rate between the years of 1979 to 1985.

Fuller, T. K., W. E. Berg, and D. W. Kuehn. 1985. Survival rates and mortality factors

inaccurate, additional methodology to help assess bobcat population status is useful (Fuller

bobcat population if the pelt situation occurred again in the future.

For a sensitivity analysis, I ran the Pop-2 computer model. I used the bobcat

of adult bobcats in north-central Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management

the population just declined. It declined until 1987 in which the population number was at

printed out the original population numbers labeled table 1 and table 1A before any

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