Coyotes (Canis latrans) and the matching law

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-183

  Gilbert Norton, Lynne B ^a   Shahan, Timothy A ^a   Shivik, John A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Canis latrans; Coyotes; Foraging strategy; Matching law; Resource tracking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COYOTE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; COYOTES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68749108001     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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