The effect of snowmobile trails on coyote movements within lynx home ranges

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1409-1418

  Kolbe, Jay A ^a   Squires, John R ^b   Pletscher, Daniel H ^c   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^b  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Competition; Coyote; Lynx; Lynx canadensis; Recreation; Snow compaction; Snowmobile; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CANID; COMPACTION; FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAGOMORPH; MOVEMENT; SCAVENGER; SYMPATRY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 48249123772     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-682     Document Type: Article

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