Demographics and condition of coyotes in Illinois

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 418-427

  Nelson, Thomas A ^a   Lloyd, Daniel M ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CANID; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 17644390640     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0418:DACOCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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