Coyote (Canis latrans) food habits in three urban habitat types of Western Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Quinn, Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS LATRANS; FELIS CATUS; MALUS; MICROTUS; PRUNUS; ROSACEAE; SCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

APPLE; CAT; CHERRY; COYOTE; DIET; SQUIRREL; URBAN MAMMAL;

USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030609627     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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