Effects of coyote removal on the faunal community in western Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1066-1081

  Henke, Scott E ^a,b   Bryant, Fred C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Community ecology; Coyote; Population dynamics; Predator prey interactions; Texas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; FELIS; FELIS RUFUS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; SYLVILAGUS AUDUBONII; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; TAXUS; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; UROCYON CINEROARGENTEUS;

EID: 0032732654     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802826     Document Type: Article

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