Cats are Rare Where Coyotes Roam

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 981-987

  Kays, Roland ^a,b,c   Costello, Robert ^c   Forrester, Tavis ^d   Baker, Megan C ^d   Parsons, Arielle W ^a   Kalies, Elizabeth L ^e   Hess, George ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^e   McShea, William ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

camera trap; Canis latrans; citizen science; Felis catus; invasive species; protected areas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION; FELID; ISLAND; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); URBAN FORESTRY;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANIS LATRANS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84943622903     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv100     Document Type: Article

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