Territoriality and breeding status of coyotes relative to sheep predation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 593-605

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a,b   Jaeger, Michael M ^a   Neale, Jennifer C C ^a   Mccullough, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding status; California; Canis latrans; Coyote; Predation; Sheep; Space use; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032913884     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802648     Document Type: Article

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