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Ph.D. Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, 2001, Dissertation “Desert Puma: Evolutionary ecology and conservation of an enduring carnivore”; M.Sc. Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1983, Thesis “Mountain lion population and habitat characteristics in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming”; B.Sc. Range and Wildlife Management, Texas A&I University, 1979.

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Wildlife Researcher, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2003 to present; Research Biologist, University of California, Davis, Wildlife Health Center, 2001 to 2003; Carnivore Ecologist, The Hornocker Wildlife Institute, 1985 to 2001.

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Puma population structure, vital rates, density estimation methods, modeling, effects of sport-hunting; felid diseases; puma population genetics; puma behavior; puma hunter characteristics and behavior; puma-human interactions; puma management implications. 

 

 

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Puma biology, ecology, population dynamics, behavior, social structure; interactions of puma with prey; interactions of puma with people; peoples’ views and actions to large carnivores.

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• The Wildlife Society Outstanding Publication in Wildlife Ecology and Management 2002 for Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore, K. A. Logan and L. L. Sweanor, 2001, Island Press, Washington, D. C.
• Member, Puma Management Guidelines Working Group, 2002 to 2005.
• Member, The Wildlife Society, 1978 to present.
• Member, IUCN Cat Specialist Group, 2000 to present.
• Member, Wild Felid Research and Management Association, 2006 to present; committee member for organizing sessions on Wild Felid Populations of Concern and Wild Felid Population Monitoring at the 10th Mountain Lion Workshop, Bozeman, MT May 2–5, 2011; committee member to review applicants for WFRMA graduate student scholarships for 2011 and 2012.
• Reviewer for: The Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Conservation Biology, The uthwest Naturalist, Journal of Mammalogy, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Diversity and Distributions, The Prairie Naturalist, Managing Cougars in North America (Western Assoc. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 2011).
• Assisted with development of MOUNTAIN LION! education exhibit for the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, exhibited August 22, 2009 to September 30, 2010.

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BAUER, J. W., K. A. LOGAN, L. L. SWEANOR, AND W. M. BOYCE. 2005. Scavenging behavior in puma. The Southwestern Naturalist 50 (4):466-471.

BECK, T., J. BEECHAM, P. BEIER, T. HOFSTRA, M. HORNOCKER, F. LINDZEY, K. LOGAN, B. PIERCE, H. QUIGLEY, I. ROSS, H. SHAW, R. SPARROWE, AND S. TORRES. 2005. Cougar management guidelines: First edition. WildFutures, Bainbridge Island, Washington.

BEVINS, S. N., J. A. TRACEY, S. P. FRANKLIN, V. L. SCHMIT, M. L. MACMILLAN, K. L. GAGE, M. E. SCHRIEFER, K. A. LOGAN, L. L. SWEANOR, M. W. ALLDREDGE, C. KRUMM, W. M. BOYCE, W. VICKERS, S. P. D. RILEY, L. M. LYREN, E. E. BOYDSTON, R. N. FISHER, M. E. ROELKE, M. SALMAN, K. R. CROOKS, AND S. VANDEWOUDE. 2009. Wild felids as hosts for human plague, western United States. Emerging infectious diseases (serial on the Internet, Dec 12).

BEVINS, S. N., S. CARVER, E. E. BOYDSTON, L. M. LYREN, M. ALLDREDGE, K. A. LOGAN, S. P. D. RILEY, R. N. FISHER, T. W. VICKERS, W. BOYCE, M. SALMAN, M. R. LAPPIN, K. R. CROOKS, AND S. VANDE WOUDE. 2012. Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: Implications for infectious disease transmission. PLoS One 7(2): e31403.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031403.

LOGAN, K. A. AND L. L. IRWIN. 1985. Mountain lion habitats in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. Wildlife Society Bulletin 13:257-262.

LOGAN, K. A., E. T. THORNE, L. L. IRWIN, AND R. SKINNER. 1986. Immobilizing wild mountain lions (Felis concolor) with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22:97-103.

LOGAN, K. A., L. L. IRWIN, AND R. SKINNER. 1986. Characteristics of a hunted mountain lion population in Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 50:648-654.

LOGAN, K. A. AND L. L. SWEANOR. 2000. Puma. Pages 347–377 in S. Demarais and P. Krausman, editors, Ecology and management of large mammals in North America.  Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

LOGAN, K. A., L. L. SWEANOR, J. F. SMITH, AND M. G. HORNOCKER. 1999. Capturing pumas with foot-hold snares.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:201-208.

LOGAN, K. A. AND L. L. SWEANOR. 2001. Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore. Island Press, Washington. 463 pages.

LOGAN, K. A., L. L. SWEANOR, AND M. G. HORNOCKER. 2004. Puma management in the West: New Mexico as a template. Proceedings of the 69th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Spokane, WA.

LOGAN, K. AND L. SWEANOR. 2010. Behavior and social organization of a solitary carnivore. Pages 105-117 in Cougar: Ecology and conservation, M. Hornocker and S. Negri, editors. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

LOGAN, K. A. 2012. Structuring felid management for science. Wild Felid Monitor. 5:11-14.

MATTSON, D., K. LOGAN, AND L. SWEANOR. 2011. Factors governing risk of cougar attacks on humans. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:135-158.

RUTH, T. K., K. A. LOGAN, L. L. SWEANOR, M. G. HORNOCKER, AND L. J. TEMPLE. 1998.  Evaluating cougar translocation in New Mexico. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1264-1275.

SWEANOR, L. L., K. A. LOGAN, AND M. G. HORNOCKER. 2000. Cougar dispersal patterns, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation. Conservation Biology 14:798-808.

SWEANOR, L. L., K. A. LOGAN, J. W. BAUER, B. MILLSAP, AND W. M. BOYCE. 2007. Puma and human spatial and temporal use of a popular California state park. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1076-1084.

SWEANOR, L. L., K. A. LOGAN, AND M. G. HORNOCKER. 2005. Puma responses to close approaches by researchers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(1):1-9.

SWEANOR, L., AND K. LOGAN. 2010. Cougar-human interactions. Pages 190-205 in Cougar: Ecology and conservation, M. Hornocker and S. Negri, editors. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.