Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-161

  Morey, Paul S ^a,c   Gese, Eric M ^a   Gehrt, Stanley ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANID; DEER; DIET; LAGOMORPH; METROPOLITAN AREA; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANIS LATRANS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RODENTIA; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 34547776770     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[147:SATVIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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