Summer foraging behaviour of eastern coyotes in rural versus forest landscape: a possible mechanism of source-sink dynamics

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-182

  Tremblay, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Crête, Michel ^b   Huot, Jean ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

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

^c Fed Quebecoise de la Faune   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES);

EID: 0032431221     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682456     Document Type: Article

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