Summer food habits and population density of coyotes, Canis latrans, in boreal forests of southeastern Quebec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-233

  Samson, Claude ^a   Crête, Michel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Eastern Coyote; Population density; Quebec; Summer diet

Indexed keywords

CANIS LATRANS; ALCES ALCES; CASTOR CANADENSIS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MARMOTA MONAX; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

BEAVER; COYOTE; DIET; MOOSE; SNOWSHOE HARE; WHITE-TAILED DEER; WOODCHUCK;

CANADA, QUEBEC, GASPE PENINSULA;

EID: 0030614152     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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