Mountain sheep and coyotes: Patterns of predator evasion in a mountain ungulate

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 283-289

  Bleich, Vernon C ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Canis latrans; Coyote; Habitat use; Mountain sheep; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Ovis canadensis; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0001663407     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383228     Document Type: Article

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