Effect of preventive coyote hunting on sheep losses to coyote predation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 606-612

  Wagner, Kimberly K ^a,b   Conover, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial hunting; Canis latrans; Coyote; Livestock; Predation; Predators; Sheep; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032934990     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802649     Document Type: Article

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