Spatial ecology of coyotes along a suburban-to-rural gradient

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1000-1009

  Atwood, Todd C ^a,c   Weeks, Harmon P ^a   Gehring, Thomas M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Canis latrans; Coyote; Fragmentation; Gradient; Indiana; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE SELECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 12144275677     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1000:SEOCAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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