An ethogram developed on captive eastern coyotes Canis latrans

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-288

  Way, Jonathan G ^a   Szumylo, Dean Lorenz M ^b,c   Strauss, Eric G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Urban Ecology Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural study; Canid; Canis latrans; Eastern Coyote; Ethogram

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 38349058241     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v120i3.317     Document Type: Article

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