Relative vulnerability of coyotes to removal methods on a northern California ranch

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 939-949

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a,b   Blejwas, Karen M ^a   Jaeger, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; California; Canis latrans; Control; Coyote; Depredation; M 44; Removal; Sheep; Snare; Trap; Vulnerabilit y

Indexed keywords

CANID; PEST CONTROL; TRAPPING; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032781642     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802808     Document Type: Article

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