Seasonal activity areas of coyotes in the Bear River Mountains of Utah and Idaho

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1652-1659

  Gantz, Glen F ^a,b   Knowlton, Frederick F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b InterWest Wildlife Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial telemetry; Canis latrans; Coyote; Dispersal; Idaho; Migration; Mountains; Radiotelemetry; Seasonal movements; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CANID; DISPERSAL; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT;

BEAR RIVER RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASATCH RANGE;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 33645676763     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1652:SAAOCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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