Coyote attacks on humans in the United States and Canada

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 419-432

  White, Lynsey A ^a   Gehrt, Stanley D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attack; Carnivore; Conflict; Coyote; Habituation

Indexed keywords

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 70849118006     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200903055326     Document Type: Review

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