The effect of enclosure type on the behavior and heart rate of captive coyotes

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 171-180

  Brummer, Stacey P ^a   Gese, Eric M ^a   Shivik, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Canis latrans; Coyote; Enclosure; Heart rate; Stress

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FECAL PELLET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 84863994717     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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