The effectiveness of selective removal of breeding coyotes in reducing sheep predation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 451-462

  Blejwas, Karen M ^a   Sacks, Benjamin N ^a   Jaeger, Michael M ^a   McCullough, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding status; California; Canis latrans; Control; Coyote; Depredation; Livestock protection collar; Predation; Selective removal; Sheep; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK; PREDATOR; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SHEEP; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036527859     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803178     Document Type: Article

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