Movement and activity patterns of eastern coyotes in a coastal, suburban environment

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-254

  Way, Jonathan G ^a   Ortega, Issac M ^b   Strauss, Eric G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 7544242999     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0237:MAAPOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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