Response of neighboring coyotes (Canis latrans) to social disruption in an adjacent pack

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1960-1963

  Gese, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 0032451615     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-128     Document Type: Article

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