Aspects of coyote predation on Angora goats

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-230

  Windberg, Lamar A ^a   Knowlton, Frederick F ^a   Ebbert, Steven M ^a,b   Kelly, Brian T ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; food cache; predation management

Indexed keywords

ANGORA GOAT; COYOTE; GOAT; PREDATION;

USA, NEW MEXICO;

CANIS LATRANS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0030617671     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003719     Document Type: Article

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