The influence of prey availability and vegetation characteristics on scent station visitation rates of coyotes, Canis latrans, in a heterogeneous environment

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-353

  Randa, Lynda A ^a,b   Yunger, John A ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakton Community College and College of DuPage   (United States)

^c GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Habitat use; Heterogeneous environment; Illinois; Prey availability; Scent station

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PREY AVAILABILITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

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

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 27644538849     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.6     Document Type: Article

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