Interference competition between coyotes and raccoons: A test of the mesopredator release hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 204-214

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Prange, Suzanne ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Habitat use; Mesopredator release; Predation risk; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Survival

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CANID; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY RISK; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 33845897362     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl075     Document Type: Article

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