Coyote survival in a row-crop agricultural landscape

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1630-1636

  Van Deelen, T R ^a,b   Gosselink, T E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Chariton Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL HARVEST; DIVERGENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GROWING SEASON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATES; FARM CROPS; MORTALITY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 33947250110     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-170     Document Type: Article

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