Fig. 1. Study area in South Florida encompassing the occupied range of Florida panthers. Vector overlays delineate public areas of South Florida (blue) and approximate boundaries of the panther range (dashed black). Forest pixels are shown in green, agriculture in yellow, pasture/rangeland in orange, urban in gray, all other types in white. BCNP = Big Cypress National Preserve, ENP = Everglades National Park, FSSP = Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, FPNWR = Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, MIR = Miccosukee Indian Reservation, SIR = Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, WCA = Water Conservation Area, and EAA = Everglades Agricultural Area.