Hunting behaviour of eastern coyotes in relation to vegetation cover, snow conditions, and hare distribution

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 466-475

  Thibault, Isabelle ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Predation; Predator prey relationships; Refuge; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAGOMORPH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNOW COVER; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 30744459347     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-4-466.1     Document Type: Article

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