Total energy budget and prey requirements of free-ranging coyotes in the Great Basin desert of the western United States

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 675-689

  Laundré, John W ^a   Hernández, Lucina ^a  

^a Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Energy; FMR; Free ranging; Great Basin; Prey consumption

Indexed keywords

CANID; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LAGOMORPH; PREY PREFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LAGOMORPHA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141613626     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00316-6     Document Type: Article

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