Distances traveled daily by coyotes, Canis latrans, in a pine-oak forest in Durango, Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 547-552

  Servín, Jorge ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Víctor ^b   Gallina, Sonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Food availability; Radiotelemetry; Travel distances

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; CANID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

MEXICO;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0038384535     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0547:DTDBCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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