Management of Large Mammalian Carnivores in North America

This review addresses the current management of larger mammalian carnivores to increase, maintain, or reduce their numbers, while taking into account the population of certain ungulate prey and their relation to predators, social pressures and attitudes of the public towards predators, and the effects of sport hunting and trapping on carnivore population dynamics. This review considers brown bears (Ursus arctos, black bears (U. americanus), coyotes (Canis latrans), wolves (Canis lupus, C. lycaon), and mountain lions (Felis concolor. The appendix presents the results of a statistical analysis of trends discussed in this report.