Conditions for sexual interactions between wild Grey Wolves, Canis lupus, and Coyotes, Canis latrans

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-30

  Thiel, Richard P ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Canis lupus; Coyote; Grey Wolf; Hybridization; Interactions; Upper Great Lakes region; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 34547789897     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v120i1.241     Document Type: Article

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