The effect of randomly altering the time and location of feeding on the behaviour of captive coyotes (Canis latrans)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Gilbert Norton, Lynne B ^a   Leaver, Lisa A ^b   Shivik, John A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Captivity; Carnivore; Feeding regimes; Species typical behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; CARNIVORE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 69449094575     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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