Home range and habitat use of coyotes in an area of native prairie, farmland and CRP fields

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 396-404

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,d   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Lemons, Patrick R ^a   Gilliland, Rickey L ^b   Mote, Kevin ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PRAIRIE;

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

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 17644408424     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0396:HRAHUO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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