Functional feeding responses of coyotes, Canis latrans, to fluctuating prey abundance in the Curlew Valley, Utah, 1977-1993

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-578

  Bartel, Rebecca A ^a,c   Knowlton, Frederick F ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COYOTES; JACKRABBIT; PREY CONSUMPTION RATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

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

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 23944462592     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z05-039     Document Type: Article

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