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Annual Report on the Research and Management of Florida Panthers: 2015-2016 Annual Report on the Research and Management of Florida Panthers: 2015-2016 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 29 September 2016 FWC Contributors and Contact Information: The compilation of this report was the result of the combined efforts of multiple FWC staff members currently working on the Florida Panther Project in order to meet the reporting requirements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to Endangered Species Collection Permit TE051553-5. Further analyses of these data will be conducted and results published in the scientific literature by the FWC and collaborators. Persons interested in obtaining the most current data should contact the FWC at: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 298 Sabal Palm Road Naples, Florida 34114 USA (239) 417-6352 This report and previous annual reports can be downloaded as a pdf file at the following web address: http://www.floridapanthernet.org/index.php/reports/ Citation: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2016. Annual report on the research and management of Florida panthers: 2015-2016. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute & Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, Naples, Florida, USA. i Table of Contents Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 5 STUDY AREA ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 METHODS ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 MONITORING ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 CAPTURE ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION .......................................................................................................................................... 8 LIVE-CAPTURE SAMPLE COLLECTION ........................................................................................................................ 8 VACCINATION AND TREATMENT ............................................................................................................................... 8 NEONATAL KITTENS .................................................................................................................................................. 9 RADIOCOLLARING ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 NECROPSY ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 DIAGNOSTICS .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................................ 11 2015-2016 PANTHER CAPTURE SEASON .................................................................................................................. 11 Radiocollared Panthers ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Capture Results .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Biomedical Summaries of Florida Panthers Handled in 2015-2016 ................................................................. 12 CAPTIVE FLORIDA PANTHERS .................................................................................................................................. 13 REPRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY .............................................................................................................................. 14 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Florida Panther Response Plan Activity ............................................................................................................ 15 Land use, habitat impacts, and environmental commenting .............................................................................. 17 CURRENT RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................................... 17 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................................................. 19 FWC PANTHER STAFF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 2015-2016 ............................................ 20 FPRMTF: FUNDING INFORMATION AS OF 30 JUNE 2016 ........................................................................... 85 TABLES Table 1. Florida panthers captured by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Table 2. Neonate kittens handled at Florida panther dens by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Park Service from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. .............................................................................................. 22 Table 3. Verified Florida panther mortalities and injuries recorded between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016. Data collected by FWC and BCNP staff. Causes of death include hit-by-car (HBC), intraspecific aggression (ISA), natural (NAT), and unknown (Unk). The presence of atrial septal defects (ASD) and other biomedical and morphometric data are also noted. Rabies results are listed as Not Tested (nt), Negative (Neg), or Unsatisfactory (U, poor sample quality) Ages are in years, months (mo.), or weeks (wks.), and gender is Male (M), Female (F), and Unknown (U). Some characteristics were not determined (nd) or not applicable (NA) to specific panthers. ........................................................................... 23 FIGURES Figure 1. Locations of all radiocollared Florida panthers in southern Florida from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. This map does not include points collected on male FP232 (see Figure 2) north of the Caloosahatchee River. Data collected via aerial telemetry by FWC and NPS. ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 2. Locations for male Florida panther FP232 from 7 January to 7 October 2015. This panther was initially injured in a vehicle collision 15 April 2014 in Fort Meade, Florida. After rehabilitation at White Oak, FP232 was released at the ii Kissimmee Prairie State Park (yellow box) on 7 January 2015. The radiocollar subsequently failed on 7 October 2015. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Figure 3. Depiction of the 100% minimum convex polygon home ranges for adult female Florida panthers monitored by FWC from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Data collected via aerial telemetry by FWC. .......................................................... 31 Figure 4. Depiction of the 100% minimum convex polygon home ranges for adult and subadult male Florida panthers monitored by FWC from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Male panthers FP233 and 243 are not included on this map because of an insufficient number of locations (< 2) collected during the FY. Locations for male panther FP232 are depicted in Figure 2. Data collected via aerial telemetry by FWC. .................................................................................................. 32 Figure 5. Confirmed human-panther interactions from FY 2003-2004 through 2015-2016. Note: Data in FY 2011-2012 and FY 2012-2013 includes five and six depredations of domestic animals, respectively, that involved radiotagged calves monitored as part of the UF-IFAS calf mortality study. Definitions of conflict categories can be found in Appendix C of the USFWS Environmental Assessment for the “Interagency Florida Panther Response Plan”. ................................ 33 APPENDICES Appendix I. List of radiocollared Florida panthers and Texas pumas in southern Florida from 10 February 1981 to 30 June 2016. Data includes panthers captured by FWC and BCNP staff. ...........................................................................................
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