Can coyotes affect deer populations in southeastern North America?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 929-933

  Kilgo, John C ^a   Ray, H Scott ^a   Ruth, Charles ^b   Miller, Karl V ^c  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; coyote; fawn; Odocoileus virginianus; predation; Savannah River Site; South Carolina; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77953928077     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-263     Document Type: Review

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